Creativity according to laypeople’s opinions: A transcultural comparison

Authors

  • Marco Antonio dos Santos Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas-Brasil http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-561X

    Doutor em Psicologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação da PUC-Campinas, Brazil. Address: Av. John Boyd Dunlop s/n. Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, Zip Code: 13060-904. Contact: santos-mrs@hotmail.com. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-561X
  • Solange Muglia Wechsler Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas-Brasil http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9757-9113

    Ph.D. em Psicologia. Professora titular da Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu PUC-Campinas, Brazil. Address: Av. John Boyd Dunlop s/n. Campinas, São Paulo, Zip Code: 13060-904. Contact: wechsler@lexxa.com.br. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9757-9113
  • Silvana Maria Nader METROCAMP-Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9126-2900

    Mestrado em Psicologia. Professora METROCAMP-Brazil Address: Street Dr. Sales de Oliveira,1661, Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, Zip Code: 13060-904. Contact: Silvana@ mncom.com.br. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9126-2900
  • Chaielen Marchiolli Barboza Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas-Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7660-6143

    Mestrado em Psicologia. Programa de Pós-Graduação da PUC-Campinas, Brazil. Address: Avenida John Boyd Dunlop s/n. Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, Zip Code: 13060-904. Contact: chaielenmbm@hotmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7660-6143
  • Maria Celia Bruno Mundim Faculdade Anhangera-Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7660-6143

    Doutora em Psicologia. Professora Faculdades Anhanguera Campinas Address: Street José Rosolém, 171. Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil, Zip Code: 13060-222. Contato: celia-mundim@gmail.com. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7660-6143

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/psico.202002.005

Keywords:

Creativity, Culture, Beliefs, Laity, Implicit theory

Abstract

The conception of creativity may be influenced by laypeople’s opinions and cultural contexts. This study aimed to replicate a study by Bass et al. (2015) with students from the Netherlands about the opinion of facilitating conditions of creativity among lay people, comparing them with Brazilian students. The Brazilian sample consisted of 296 undergraduate students (F = 83%), average age of 24,5 years (SD = 7.73) who did not have any creativity course. The study from the Netherlands consisted of 176 undergraduate students (F = 73.9%) with an average age of 20 years (SD = 5.0). The Brazilian participants answered a questionnaire designed to evaluate the same areas of the Dutch study on situations that favor creativity. The responses compared by t-Student and factor analysis showed differences between countries, with Brazilians giving greater importance to relaxing activities and traveling unlike the Dutch who preferred concentrated activities and being alone. The study concludes that there are cultural influences in the conceptions of creativity. 

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Published

2020-06-30

How to Cite

dos Santos, M. A., Muglia Wechsler, S., Nader, S. M., Marchiolli Barboza, C., & Bruno Mundim, M. C. (2020). Creativity according to laypeople’s opinions: A transcultural comparison. Revista De Psicología, 38(2), 479–497. https://doi.org/10.18800/psico.202002.005

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 2 (2020)

Section

Articles