Signaling Creative Genius
How Perceived Social Connectedness Influences Judgments of Creative Potential
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21453527 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Devon Proudfoot (0000-0002-2733-038X, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, corresponding author), Sean Fath (0000-0002-5284-8463, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 580-592 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0146-1672 • E-ISSN: 1552-7433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0146167220936061 |
| PMID | 32639201 |
| OpenAlex | W3040790882 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 37 |
In today’s knowledge economy, effectively signaling one’s creative potential can be advantageous. Five experiments demonstrate that cues signaling a person’s separateness from others (as opposed to social connectedness) boost evaluations of their creative potential. “Lone” targets—engaging in activities alone—were judged more likely to generate creative ideas compared with targets engaging in identical activities with others. This effect was explained by perceived social independence and was unique to creativity judgments—our manipulation did not influence perceptions of other positive attributes, including ability to generate practical ideas (Studies 1a and 1b). The effect of social independence on perceived creativity was not reducible to perceived nonnormativity and was attenuated when creativity was construed as requiring convergent thinking rather than divergent thinking (Studies 2–4). Findings advance our understanding of how individuals of varying degrees of social connectedness tend to be viewed by others, providing insight into observers’ lay beliefs about creative potential
Creativity · Developmental psychology · Divergent thinking · Genius · Independence (probability theory) · Perception · Social connectedness · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Cultural Differences and Values · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Social relationships and physiological determinants of longevity across the human life span
Individualism–collectivism and group creativity
Social Yet Creative
Self-determination theory
Converging measurement of horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism
Three faces of intellect
Social Relationships and Health
A note on social capital and network content
Culture and the self
The halo effect
Implicit theories of intelligence, creativity, and wisdom
Shyness and sociability
Creativity, divergent thinking, and openness to experience
Social psychology of creativity
Productivity loss in brainstorming groups
The Knowledge Economy
The Red Sneakers Effect
Automatic Effects of Brand Exposure on Motivated Behavior
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |