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The Risky Side of Creativity: Domain Specific Risk Taking in Creative Individuals.
Vaibhav Tyagi1, Yaniv Hanoch1, Stephen D Hall1
1Cognition Institute and School of Psychology, Plymouth University Plymouth, UK.
Frontiers in Psychology
|February 21, 2017
Summary
Creativity is linked to risk taking, particularly social risk taking. This study highlights that creativity and risk taking are complex, multi-dimensional traits needing further nuanced research.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Cognitive Science
Background:
- Creativity is often anecdotally linked to risk-taking behavior.
- Empirical evidence supporting this association, however, remains limited.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically investigate the relationship between various domains of risk-taking and creativity.
- To determine if specific types of risk-taking are more closely associated with creative traits.
Main Methods:
- Two studies were conducted: one laboratory-based and one online.
- Participants' tendencies in five domains of risk-taking (financial, health/safety, recreational, ethical, social) were assessed.
- Five different measures of creativity, including personality and ideation, were utilized.
Main Results:
- The laboratory study indicated a link between creativity and social risk-taking, but not other domains.
- The larger, online study confirmed social risk-taking as the strongest predictor of creative personality and ideation.
- Findings suggest creativity is associated with specific, rather than general, risk-taking tendencies.
Conclusions:
- Creativity and risk-taking should be viewed as multi-dimensional constructs.
- A more nuanced framework is needed to understand the relationship between creativity and cognitive functions like risk-taking.
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