Finding Creativity by Changing Perspectives: How the Evaluation Process Contributes to Creative Idea Recognition

Autor/inn/en	Yang, Shiyu; Loewenstein, Jeffrey; Mueller, Jennifer
Titel	Finding Creativity by Changing Perspectives: How the Evaluation Process Contributes to Creative Idea Recognition
Quelle	In: Creativity Research Journal, 35 (2023) 3, S.481-498 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mueller, Jennifer)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-0419
DOI	10.1080/10400419.2023.2191900
Schlagwörter	Creativity; Creative Thinking; Evaluation; Attitude Change; College Students; Student Attitudes; Recognition (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kreativität; Kreatives Denken; Evaluierung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Recognition; Wiedererkennen
Abstract	Why do people often fail to find new ideas creative? The literature indicates people fail to find creativity due to ideas having characteristics that are incongruent with people's existing perspectives. The current paper identifies a second reason stemming from the need for evaluators to understand what ideas are before determining if those ideas meet evaluation criteria. We propose that to find creativity in early phase ambiguous ideas, people's existing perspectives may not be helpful. People may need to engage in a process of perspective change by searching for and finding alternative fruitful interpretations. Three studies provide evidence that people tended to evaluate ideas as more creative if they spontaneously experienced (Study 1) or were induced to experience (Study 2) a change in perspective when evaluating them. Further, if people were induced "not" to experience a perspective change, ideas were perceived as "less" creative (Study 3). These findings add to theory by revealing new aspects of the process of evaluating early phase ideas. They also support practice by identifying why spending more time searching for and potentially finding fruitful interpretations of early phase ideas might help evaluators find creativity, and thereby support rather than squelch innovation. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01