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Motivation and creativity: Effects of motivational orientation on creative writers.
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This study directly tested the hypothesis that intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity and extrinsic motivation is detrimental. Chosen because they identified themselves as actively involved in creative writing, 72 young adults participated in individual laboratory sessions where they were asked to write 2 brief poems. Before writing the second poem, subjects in an intrinsic orientation condition completed a questionnaire that focused on intrinsic reasons for being involved in writing. Subjects in an extrinsic orientation condition completed a questionnaire that focused on extrinsic reasons. Those in a control condition were not given a questionnaire on reasons for writing. Although there were no initial differences between conditions on prior involvement in writing or on creativity of the first poems written, there were significant differences in the creativity of the poems written after the experimental manipulations. Poems written under an extrinsic orientation were significantly less creative than those written in the other two conditions. Implications for social-psychological and individual-difference conceptions of creativity are discussed.
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“Importantly, the work tasks that people are more likely to do in future work will require high-level cognitive and emotional skills that are more likely to be developed, used, and sustained when underpinned by self-determined motivation40–50.”
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“In line with creativity research that utilizes the CAT35–37, poets were given the poems in different, randomly generated orders and asked to rate the creativity of each poem on a 1 (lowest creativity score) to 40 (highest creativity score) scale.”
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“As in previous research by other investigators (e.g., Amabile, 1985; Cheek & Stahl, 1986; Ruscio, Whitney, & Amabile, 1998), participants were assigned the first line of each poem.”
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- Authors
- Amabile, T. M.
- Affiliations
- Brandeis University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Amabile, Teresa M.
- ORCID
- Amabile, Teresa M.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 1985-02
- Volume
- 48
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 393-399
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2117335123
- Cited by
- 758
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 29 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 40 · 2021: 50 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 51 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 35 · 2013: 47 · 2012: 34
- FWCI
- 2.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Educational Research Studies
- Keywords
- intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, motivational orientation, creativity, creative writing, poetry writing, individual differences in creativity
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