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Children's Artistic Creativity: Effects of Choice in Task Materials

Amabile, Teresa M., Gitomer, Judith·1984·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/0146167284102006
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Preschool boys and girls made collages using a subset of a large array of materials. Half of the children were allowed to choose those materials they would use. For the rest of the children, the choice was made by the experimenter. Children in the no-choice condition were yoked to those in the choice condition by the specific materials they were given. The collages made by children given a choice of materials were judged by a group of artists as significantly higher in creativity than those made by children given no choice. These results support the hypothesis that unconstrained choice in task approach can be conducive to creativity, whereas constrained choice can be detrimental.

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Authors
Amabile, T. M., & Gitomer, J.
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1984-06
Volume
10
Issue
2
Pages
209-215
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
DOI
10.1177/0146167284102006
OpenAlex
W2043030982
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202
References
6
FWCI
1.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
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