2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Creativity by copying : How examples inspire innovation
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14510135
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
教育・社会系心理学
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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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)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2003
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| Keywords | copying / creativity / originality / drawing / cognitive process / constraint |
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| 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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