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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Cultural Studies

Background:

  • Traditional psychological definitions of creativity often assume objectivity.
  • These definitions overlook the role of social agreement and cultural norms.
  • A critical re-evaluation of creativity assessment is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the notion of creativity as an objective feature.
  • To propose a more nuanced, multi-layered perspective on creativity assessment.
  • To explore everyday creative outcomes and their evaluation.

Main Methods:

  • Critical analysis of existing scientific definitions of creativity.
  • Theoretical accounts integrating social and cultural dimensions.
  • Empirical examples from folk art creativity evaluations.

Main Results:

  • Creativity is not solely an objective feature but is socially and culturally constructed.
  • A multi-layered assessment framework for creativity is proposed.
  • Dimensions include newness, originality, value, usefulness, and subjective/cultural reception.

Conclusions:

  • Understanding creativity requires integrating subjective and cultural reception.
  • Future research should adopt a multi-layered approach to studying creativity.
  • This perspective offers implications for psychological theory and research practices.