David H Cropley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4640742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David H Cropley |
| GIVEN NAMES | David H |
| FAMILY NAME | Cropley |
| SIGNATURE | CROPLEY D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7964-6538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How Does Narrow AI Impact Human Creativity
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to transform how we live, work, and play, competencies such as creativity remain fundamentally human. However, the way we learn, develop, and deploy creativity will be impacted by AI. This paper sets out four underpinning propositions that will help to guide the integration of AI and human creativity. These propositions explain not only why AI is not independently creative, but also how AI can support and…
Questioning the Validity of the Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale (MCBS)
Strong and growing interest in Malevolent Creativity has created a need for valid and reliable measures of, among other things, malevolent creative ideation. The Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale (MCBS) was created in response to weaknesses identified in earlier studies of malevolent creativity. However, concerns over the face validity of the MCBS, coupled with an increasing popularity of the scale in empirical studies, prompted an examination…
Do Fans of Violent Stories Show a Higher Potential for Creative Harm? True Crime as a Stimulating Environment for Malevolent Creativity
The media we consume may shape our cognition, emotion, and behavior. While violent media effects on aggression have been studied extensively, one popular media genre has escaped scrutiny until now: true crime, featuring real stories of assault, murder, or serial killings. We investigated the idea that the manifold examples of real human violence in true crime may be linked to people's capacity for malevolent creativity—generating creative ideas f…
Automated scoring of figural creativity using a convolutional neural network
AB One of the abiding challenges in creativity research is assessment. Objectively scored tests of creativity such as the Torrance Tests of Creativity and the test of Creative Thinking-Drawing Production (TCT-DP; Urban & Jellen, 1996) offer high levels of reliability and validity but are slow and expensive to administer and score. As a result, many creativity researchers default to simpler and faster self-report measures of creativity and related…
Creative Self-Efficacy
In preparation for the future of work, developed economies face two critical challenges related to their STEM workforces.The first is the need to increase female participation, as women remain underrepresented in these disciplines.The second is the need, in a rapidly digitalizing world, to equip workers with abilities that cannot be easily replaced by artificial intelligence and automation.Could creativity be the solution to both challenges?Build…
Fit-For-Purpose Creativity Assessment
Creativity is now universally recognized as an essential, 21st century competency. However, there are many practical barriers to the development of creativity in schools, universities and workplaces. Chief among these is a problem of the fitness-for-purpose of creativity assessments. Highly valid and reliable creativity tests, necessary to support the development of individual creativity, are typically slow and labor-intensive to administer and s…
“The Cat Sat on the …?” Why Generative AI Has Limited Creativity
Since the introduction of Generative AI several years ago, there has been much debate regarding the capacity of this technology for creativity. This paper applies the standard definition of creativity to the output of Large Language Models (LLMs) and shows not only that this can be calculated ex ante, but that LLM output creativity has a fundamental upper limit. This upper limit, determined by the mechanism used to produce LLM outputs, moreover, …
Reflections on the MIC 2025 Creativity Conference
Following the recently concluded Marconi Institute of Creativity (MIC) conference in Bolzano, Italy only recently concluded, I would like to share some observations and comments with the JCB readership. This year's conference was the 9th organized by the MIC since the initial offering in 2013. It's fair to say that the MIC (or “Mick” as attendees now refer to it) has established itself, arguably, as the premier creativity conference, certainly in…
Human‐ AI Co‐Creativity
Much has been made of the apparent capacity for creativity of generative AI. However, as research expands the knowledge base regarding the capabilities and performance of this technology, the prevailing view is shifting away from “AI is creative” and towards a more balanced model of Human‐AI co‐creativity. Nevertheless, even this paradigm may be impacted by untested assumptions: for example, that generative AI will boost human performance on idea…
Explaining standardized educational test scores
Automatic Assessment of Mathematical Creativity using Natural Language Processing
Creativity is now accepted as a core 21st-century competency and is increasingly an explicit part of school curricula around the world. Therefore, the ability to assess creativity for both formative and summative purposes is vital. However, the fitness-for-purpose of creativity tests has recently come under scrutiny. Current creativity assessments have up to five key weaknesses that create a barrier to their widespread use in educational settings…
Creativity and the Cyber Shock
The “Sputnik Shock” of 1957 led to acceptance of the usefulness of creativity, while the still developing “Cyber Shock” derives from emergence of the apparent production of creativity by CPSs and AI. The ultimate paradox of creativity, which draws on both these shocks, has given rise to the idea of algorithmic creativity. However, the rise of “Society 5.0” means that it is increasingly necessary to understand creativity in terms of disruptive sol…
Teacher implicit beliefs of creativity
Creativity and Crime
Creativity is typically perceived to be a positive, constructive attribute and yet, highly effective, novel crimes are committed which illustrate that creativity can also be utilised to serve a darker and more destructive end. But how can these 'creative criminals' be stopped? Adopting a psychological approach, renowned subject experts Cropley and Cropley draw upon concepts such as 'Person,' 'Process', 'Press' and 'Product' to explain how existin…
The Dark Side of Creativity
With few exceptions, scholarship on creativity has focused on its positive aspects while largely ignoring its dark side. This includes not only creativity deliberately aimed at hurting others, such as crime or terrorism, or at gaining unfair advantages, but also the accidental negative side effects of well-intentioned acts. This book brings together essays written by experts from various fields (psychology, criminal justice, sociology, engineerin…
Malevolent Creativity
Although creativity is often seen as an aspect of self-fulfillment, it is important to recognize its social effects. The traditional view is that these should be beneficial, creativity thus being benevolent. However, those who wish to do deliberate harm to others can also display creativity, in this case malevolent creativity. This is governed by the same principles as benevolent creativity, differing only in its intended purpose. Like any creati…
Teacher implicit beliefs of creativity
Human‐ AI Co‐Creativity
Much has been made of the apparent capacity for creativity of generative AI. However, as research expands the knowledge base regarding the capabilities and performance of this technology, the prevailing view is shifting away from “AI is creative” and towards a more balanced model of Human‐AI co‐creativity. Nevertheless, even this paradigm may be impacted by untested assumptions: for example, that generative AI will boost human performance on idea…
Malevolent Creativity
Although creativity is often seen as an aspect of self-fulfillment, it is important to recognize its social effects. The traditional view is that these should be beneficial, creativity thus being benevolent. However, those who wish to do deliberate harm to others can also display creativity, in this case malevolent creativity. This is governed by the same principles as benevolent creativity, differing only in its intended purpose. Like any creati…
The Dark Side of Creativity
With few exceptions, scholarship on creativity has focused on its positive aspects while largely ignoring its dark side. This includes not only creativity deliberately aimed at hurting others, such as crime or terrorism, or at gaining unfair advantages, but also the accidental negative side effects of well-intentioned acts. This book brings together essays written by experts from various fields (psychology, criminal justice, sociology, engineerin…
Creativity and Crime
Creativity is typically perceived to be a positive, constructive attribute and yet, highly effective, novel crimes are committed which illustrate that creativity can also be utilised to serve a darker and more destructive end. But how can these 'creative criminals' be stopped? Adopting a psychological approach, renowned subject experts Cropley and Cropley draw upon concepts such as 'Person,' 'Process', 'Press' and 'Product' to explain how existin…
Teacher implicit beliefs of creativity
Explaining standardized educational test scores
Automatic Assessment of Mathematical Creativity using Natural Language Processing
Creativity is now accepted as a core 21st-century competency and is increasingly an explicit part of school curricula around the world. Therefore, the ability to assess creativity for both formative and summative purposes is vital. However, the fitness-for-purpose of creativity tests has recently come under scrutiny. Current creativity assessments have up to five key weaknesses that create a barrier to their widespread use in educational settings…
Creativity and the Cyber Shock
The “Sputnik Shock” of 1957 led to acceptance of the usefulness of creativity, while the still developing “Cyber Shock” derives from emergence of the apparent production of creativity by CPSs and AI. The ultimate paradox of creativity, which draws on both these shocks, has given rise to the idea of algorithmic creativity. However, the rise of “Society 5.0” means that it is increasingly necessary to understand creativity in terms of disruptive sol…
Automated scoring of figural creativity using a convolutional neural network
AB One of the abiding challenges in creativity research is assessment. Objectively scored tests of creativity such as the Torrance Tests of Creativity and the test of Creative Thinking-Drawing Production (TCT-DP; Urban & Jellen, 1996) offer high levels of reliability and validity but are slow and expensive to administer and score. As a result, many creativity researchers default to simpler and faster self-report measures of creativity and related…
Creative Self-Efficacy
In preparation for the future of work, developed economies face two critical challenges related to their STEM workforces.The first is the need to increase female participation, as women remain underrepresented in these disciplines.The second is the need, in a rapidly digitalizing world, to equip workers with abilities that cannot be easily replaced by artificial intelligence and automation.Could creativity be the solution to both challenges?Build…
Fit-For-Purpose Creativity Assessment
Creativity is now universally recognized as an essential, 21st century competency. However, there are many practical barriers to the development of creativity in schools, universities and workplaces. Chief among these is a problem of the fitness-for-purpose of creativity assessments. Highly valid and reliable creativity tests, necessary to support the development of individual creativity, are typically slow and labor-intensive to administer and s…
“The Cat Sat on the …?” Why Generative AI Has Limited Creativity
Since the introduction of Generative AI several years ago, there has been much debate regarding the capacity of this technology for creativity. This paper applies the standard definition of creativity to the output of Large Language Models (LLMs) and shows not only that this can be calculated ex ante, but that LLM output creativity has a fundamental upper limit. This upper limit, determined by the mechanism used to produce LLM outputs, moreover, …
Reflections on the MIC 2025 Creativity Conference
Following the recently concluded Marconi Institute of Creativity (MIC) conference in Bolzano, Italy only recently concluded, I would like to share some observations and comments with the JCB readership. This year's conference was the 9th organized by the MIC since the initial offering in 2013. It's fair to say that the MIC (or “Mick” as attendees now refer to it) has established itself, arguably, as the premier creativity conference, certainly in…
Human‐ AI Co‐Creativity
Much has been made of the apparent capacity for creativity of generative AI. However, as research expands the knowledge base regarding the capabilities and performance of this technology, the prevailing view is shifting away from “AI is creative” and towards a more balanced model of Human‐AI co‐creativity. Nevertheless, even this paradigm may be impacted by untested assumptions: for example, that generative AI will boost human performance on idea…
How Does Narrow AI Impact Human Creativity
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to transform how we live, work, and play, competencies such as creativity remain fundamentally human. However, the way we learn, develop, and deploy creativity will be impacted by AI. This paper sets out four underpinning propositions that will help to guide the integration of AI and human creativity. These propositions explain not only why AI is not independently creative, but also how AI can support and…
Questioning the Validity of the Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale (MCBS)
Strong and growing interest in Malevolent Creativity has created a need for valid and reliable measures of, among other things, malevolent creative ideation. The Malevolent Creativity Behavior Scale (MCBS) was created in response to weaknesses identified in earlier studies of malevolent creativity. However, concerns over the face validity of the MCBS, coupled with an increasing popularity of the scale in empirical studies, prompted an examination…
Do Fans of Violent Stories Show a Higher Potential for Creative Harm? True Crime as a Stimulating Environment for Malevolent Creativity
The media we consume may shape our cognition, emotion, and behavior. While violent media effects on aggression have been studied extensively, one popular media genre has escaped scrutiny until now: true crime, featuring real stories of assault, murder, or serial killings. We investigated the idea that the manifold examples of real human violence in true crime may be linked to people's capacity for malevolent creativity—generating creative ideas f…
Creativity (16 works) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (14 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Creativity technique (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Mind wandering and attention (3 works) · Political science (3 works)