7 Jul
2009
7 Jul
'09
1:05 p.m.
Thanks for sharing the article Luvisia. The study results tend to confirm common observation worldwide. Looked at in another way people in home environments tend to be more complacent; maybe living in one's homestead poses less dangers/challenges and so the brain gets less sharp/alert. Will read he article. Waudo On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:20 -0400, "Luvisia Bakuli" <luvisia.bakuli@gmail.com> wrote: > Maddux and Galinsky (2009) have published a thought-provoking article > reporting a significantly positive relationship between living abroad > and creativity. The researchers wanted to answer the question:"does > spending time in new cultures transform individuals into more creative > beings?" > > Using five creative contexts to answer the question, the researchers > said that in one test that involved a creative negotiation deal, the > results indicated that "the amount of time spent living abroad, but not > traveling abroad, significantly predicted whether a deal was reached > even when [they] controlled for a variety of important personality and > demographic factors. Openness to experience predicted creative > deals . . . " > > Access to a greater number of novel ideas and concepts; ability to > approach problems from different perspectives; and psychological > readiness to accept and recruit ideas from unfamiliar sources -- which > may lead to unconscious idea recombination and conceptual expansion, > both being critical processes in the creative process, are among the > elements that contribute to the creativity. > > I think this article will spawn a long list of research. It leads to > many questions, some of which I can guess to be: Is there is a positive > relationship between living in another culture, within a country, and > creativity? For example, are Kambas who have lived in Nyanza more > creative than those who never left Ukambani? If so, how long would they > need to live in the alien culture to improve their creativity? What are > the educational policy implications for educational institutions - does > having a students spend a good amount of time in a foreign culture > improve their creativity? At what age should one go abroad, and for how > long, in order to improve their creativity? > > The complete citation for the article is: > > Maddux, William W. and Adam D. Galinsky. Journal of Personality and > Social Psychology, Vol. 96, No. 5, pp. 1047-1061. > > Here is a link to the article: > http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/psp9651047.pdf > > And a summary of the article is also here: > http://www.apa.org/releases/creativity.html > > > What do you think? I'd be interested in your take on the article. > > Best regards, > > DBL > > > > > _______________________________________________ > kictanet mailing list > kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet > > This message was sent to: emailsignet@mailcan.com > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income. - Edmund Wilson