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Social identity and the recognition of creativity in groups
Author(s) -
AdarvesYorno Inmaculada,
Postmes Tom,
Alexander Haslam S.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1348/014466605x50184
Subject(s) - creativity , psychology , social psychology , social identity theory , salience (neuroscience) , normative , categorization , identity (music) , perception , norm (philosophy) , social group , social identity approach , collective identity , social perception , salient , cognitive psychology , epistemology , philosophy , physics , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , politics , political science , acoustics , law , computer science
This paper develops an analysis of creativity that is informed by the social identity approach. Two studies are reported that support this analysis. Study 1 ( N =73) manipulated social identity salience and the content of group norms. The group norm was either conservative (i.e. promoted no change) or progressive (i.e. promoted change). When social identity was salient and the group norm was conservative, a non‐novel proposal was perceived to be more creative. Study 2 ( N =63) manipulated social norms and identity relevance. Results showed that while social norms influenced perceptions of creativity, identity relevance influenced positivity but not perceptions of creativity. These findings support the idea that perceptions of creativity are grounded in the normative content of group membership and self‐categorization processes.