The cultural differential of creativity test: conceptual foundations and structure

Gryazeva-Dobshinskaya V.; Korobova S.; Dmitrieva Y.

doi:10.14529/jpps250301

V. G. Gryazeva-Dobshinskaya South-Ural State University (76 Lenin Av., Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9986-4073 vdobshinya@mail.ru
S. Y. Korobova South Ural State University (76 Lenin Av., Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8633-7231 k.svetlana-1991@mail.ru
Y. A. Dmitrieva South Ural State University (76 Lenin Av., Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0331-4684 dmitrieva.julia.86@mail.ru

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14529/jpps250301

Keywords: creativity, mass creativity, dynamic culture, creativity diagnostic test, generalised factors of creativity, integrative approach to creativity, test “Cultural differential of creativity”

Abstract

Introduction. The development of the original diagnostic tool presented in this article is grounded in the identification of generalized creativity factors across child and adult samples. The authors employed an integrative approach to creativity, designed to classify individuals according to universal creative structures while also evaluating the specific personal and socio-cultural contexts of creative expression. Aims: the study aimed to develop a diagnostic tool for assessing creativity within a dynamic culture, based on system-dynamic and system-structural approaches to the study of creative thinking and the creative personality. Results. The author's method for diagnosing mass creativity comprises three tasks: 1. producing creative products (drawings) from symbolically rich stimulus material (for subsequent comparison with creative thinking tests); 2. interpreting images of human figures (assessing projective and psychosemantic aspects of the creative personality); and 3. creating stories about characters (narrative aspect). This methodology also incorporates reflective aspects for evaluating personal creative performance.
Conclusion. The article presents the theoretical foundations for diagnostic method creation within the context of a dynamic culture, as defined by V.G. Gryazeva-Dobshinskaya’s concept of the cultural differential of creativity. The diagnostic procedure and structure of the “Cultural differential of creativity” test (V.G. Gryazeva-Dobshinskaya, S.Yu. Korobova, Yu.A. Dmitrieva) are described. The test includes measures of creative thinking (fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration, abstractness of titles, resistance to premature closure), metacognitive indicators (self-transcendence as supra-situational activity, cultural code, indicators of dynamics in series), personality traits (self-assessed creative effectiveness, personal identity), and personal narratives (ego positions, drivers, types of personal choice). Directions for the test’s standardization and validation are discussed.

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Author Biographies

V. G. Gryazeva-Dobshinskaya , South-Ural State University (76 Lenin Av., Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia)

Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Psychology and Psychophysiology of Stress-Resistance and Creativity, Professor of the Department of Psychology of Management and Law Enforcement Activities

S. Y. Korobova , South Ural State University (76 Lenin Av., Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia)

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Researcher, Laboratory of Psychology and Psychophysiology of Stress-Resistance and Creativity

Y. A. Dmitrieva , South Ural State University (76 Lenin Av., Chelyabinsk, 454080, Russia)

Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology of Management and Law Enforcement Activities

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