Can salient reward increase creative performance without reducing intrinsic creative interest

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6206243
AutoresRobert Eisenberger (0000-0002-5093-443X, University of Delaware, autor de correspondencia), Stephen Armeli (0000-0002-3891-4479)
Año1997
Volumen72
Número3
Páginas652-663
Fecha de publicación1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037//0022-3514.72.3.652
PMID9120789
OpenAlexW2160524682
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas47
Referencias citadas8

Two experiments, involving 416 preadolescent school children, investigated the effects of monetary reward on generalized creative performance and intrinsic creative interest. In Experiment 1, the explicit requirement of novel performance in 1 task (generating unusual uses for physical objects) produced greater subsequent creative performance in an entirely different task (picture drawing) when a large reward was used rather than a small reward or no reward. In Experiment 2, reward for novel performance increased subsequent intrinsic creative interest, measured here by the choice to produce original drawings rather than copy a familiar drawing. Intrinsic creative interest was reduced only by reward for uncreative performance. These findings suggest that the explicit requirement of novel performance for salient reward enhances generalized creativity without any loss of intrinsic creative interest.

Cognitive psychology · Creativity · Intrinsic motivation · Salient · Task (project management · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology