%0 Journal Article
%T General and Domain-Specific Contributions to Creative Ideation and Creative Performance
%A Donggun An
%A Mark A. Runco
%J -
%D 2016
%R 10.5964/ejop.v12i4.1132
%X The general objective of this study was to reexamine two views of creativity, one positing that there is a general creative capacity or talent and the other that creativity is domain-specific. These two views were compared by (a) testing correlations among measures of domain-general and domain-specific creativity and (b) examining how the general and the specific measures was each related to indices of knowledge, motivation, and personality. Participants were 147 college students enrolled in a foreign language course. Data were collected on participants¡¯ domain knowledge, motivation, and creative personality, as well as four measures representing ¡°General or Domain-Specific Creative Ideation¡± or ¡°Creative Performance and Activity¡±. Results indicated that the four measures of creativity were correlated with one another, except for ¡°General Performance and Activity¡± and ¡°Domain-Specific Ideation.¡± A canonical correlation indicated that knowledge, motivation, and personality were significantly correlated with the four creativity measures (Rc = .49, p < .01). Multiple regressions uncovered particular relationships consistent with the view that creativity has both general and domain-specific contributions. Limitations, such as the focus on one domain, and future directions are discussed
%K [general creativity
%K domain-specific creativity
%K creative ideation
%K creative performance]
%U https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/1132