Motivating creativity: A social cognitive analysis.
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Title
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Motivating creativity: A social cognitive analysis.
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Identifier
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AAI9130363
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identifier
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9130363
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Creator
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Redfield, Robert Stephan.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Barry J. Zimmerman
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Date
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1991
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Education, Educational Psychology | Psychology, Social | Psychology, General
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Abstract
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Experimental research on creativity motivation has emanated primarily from two major traditions--operant and atttribution theories--which focused on the effects of external rewards on creativity and motivation. This research has yielded contradictory findings. A third approach is social learning theory, specifically self-efficacy theory. The predictions of the last approach offer a resolution of the contradictory findings, but the predictions have not yet been empirically tested with respect to motivation for creativity. The purpose of this study compared the utility of the three views in relation to the effects of rewards on motivation for creative performance.;Eighty 7th grade male and female students of differing ethnic, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds in an urban intermediate school were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions: reward for participation only, reward for efficacious performance, and no reward. Immediate and delayed post-treatment measures of creative performance were assessed by a variant of Torrance's Unusual Uses Test. In addition, individuals' self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation, and attitude towards the activity were assessed through use of questionnaires. Partial support for the self-efficacy predictions was found. Implications for education are discussed.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
