The Relationship between Creativity and Activation: An explorative study

Jensen, Nicola Maria Nastasia Tungelund

4. term

Economics and Business Administration (Innovation and Entrepreneurship), Master

2019

187

Forskning i individuel kreativitet behandler ofte to adskilte emner: kreativitetstræning og aktivering. Kreativitetstræning undersøger, om kurser og øvelser kan øge en persons kreativitet. Aktivering henviser til kortvarige boost i mental energi, fokus eller motivation, som midlertidigt kan løfte den kreative præstation. Fordi disse emner normalt studeres hver for sig, kan rapporterede gevinster fra kreativitetstræning blande reelle træningseffekter med midlertidig aktivering, der opstår under træningen. Det er vigtigt for at forstå, om forbedringerne holder på længere sigt. Dette udforskende, kvalitative studie bygger på otte interviews med personer, der har gennemført et kursus i kreativitetstræning. Med en kritisk realistisk tilgang (der søger underliggende mekanismer bag folks fortællinger) finder vi, at aktivering påvirker kreativitetsniveauet. Deltagernes egne beskrivelser peger på en positiv effekt af kreativitetstræning. Men om effekten vokser eller aftager over tid afhænger af, hvordan den enkelte implicit (ofte ubevidst) bruger aktivering i hverdagen.

Research on individual creativity often examines two separate topics: creativity training and activation. Creativity training looks at whether courses and exercises can increase a person's creativity. Activation refers to short-term boosts in mental energy, focus, or motivation that can temporarily raise creative performance. Because these two topics are usually studied separately, reported gains from creativity training may combine true training effects with temporary activation that occurs during training. This matters for understanding whether improvements last in the long term. This exploratory qualitative study draws on eight interviews with people who completed a creativity training course. Using a critical realist approach (which seeks underlying mechanisms behind people's accounts), we find that activation influences creativity levels. The participants' own descriptions suggest a positive effect of creativity training. However, whether this effect increases or diminishes over time depends on how individuals implicitly (often unconsciously) use activation in daily life.

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Creativity ; Activation ; Individual Creativity ; Creativity Training ; Creativity Test

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