title: General and Domain-Specific Contributions to Creative Ideation and Creative Performance.
abstract: The general objective of this study was to reexamine two views of creativity, one positing that there is a general creative capacity or talent and the other that creativity is domain-specific. These two views were compared by (a) testing correlations among measures of domain-general and domain-specific creativity and (b) examining how the general and the specific measures was each related to indices of knowledge, motivation, and personality. Participants were 147 college students enrolled in a foreign language course. Data were collected on participants' domain knowledge, motivation, and creative personality, as well as four measures representing "General or Domain-Specific Creative Ideation" or "Creative Performance and Activity". Results indicated that the four measures of creativity were correlated with one another, except for "General Performance and Activity" and "Domain-Specific Ideation." A canonical correlation indicated that knowledge, motivation, and personality were significantly correlated with the four creativity measures (Rc = .49, p < .01). Multiple regressions uncovered particular relationships consistent with the view that creativity has both general and domain-specific contributions. Limitations, such as the focus on one domain, and future directions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Learning Science and Creative Talent Development, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Donggun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: An
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Runco
keywords: creative ideation; creative performance; domain-specific creativity; general creativity