Creativity: a cross-historical pilot survey

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology • Vol/Iss. 2 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 181-188 •

By Naroll, Raoul, Benjamin, E. C. , Fohl, F. K., Fried, M. J., Hildreth, R.E., Schaefer, J. M.

Abstract

This study investigates the causes of creative florescences in certain time periods in certain societies. Wealth, geographical expansion, democratic support, and external challenge were not significant predictors of creative florescence, but political fragmentation shows a correlation with society’s creativity level.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
historical reports

Hypotheses (5)
Hypothesis	Supported
"The more wealth a civilization has, the more creativity it is likely to manifest" (184)	Not Supported
"The more fragmented a civilization is, the more creativity is liable to occur within it" (184)	Supported
"As a civilization is expanding its geographical boundaries its creativity increases" (184)	Not Supported
"As the degree of governmental centralization increases in a civilization its creativity decreases" (184)	Not Supported
"Each civilization has an optimum degree of challenge under the stimulation of which it is most creative; as challenge ranges upward and downward from this optimum, creativity decreases" (187)	Not Supported

Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: mas Amelia Piazza

Creativity: a cross-historical pilot survey

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology • Vol/Iss. 2 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 181-188 • Cite

By Naroll, Raoul, Benjamin, E. C. , Fohl, F. K., Fried, M. J., Hildreth, R.E., Schaefer, J. M.

Abstract

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Hypotheses (5)

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology • Vol/Iss. 2 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 181-188 •