2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Creativity by copying : How examples inspire innovation

Research Project

Project/Area Number	14510135
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	教育・社会系心理学
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	OAKADA Takeshi Nagoya University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Associate Professor, 教育発達科学研究科, 助教授 (70281061)
Project Period (FY)	2002 – 2003
Keywords	copying / creativity / originality / drawing / cognitive process / constraint
Research Abstract	30 undergraduates participated individually in a three-day-drawing experiment. It was explored whether or not an experience copying others' drawing facilitated subjects' artistic creativity. Results showed that drawings by subjects who previously had copied others' drawings were rated more creative than the drawings of subjects who had not copied. According to further analyses, subjects were initially constrained by a belief that they should draw things realistically. Then, they relaxed this constraint by means of copying abstract pictures and exploring more creative expressions.

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