Talk 28 April 2017 @ Monash University

1. Myths of Creativity
Dr. Ricardo Sosa
ricardo.sosa@monash.edu

2. http://tinyurl.com/survey4295
Please respond these four questions before we proceed

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPGPkbsA-8I
http://kingofwallpapers.com/creativity/creativity-013.jpg

8. http://www.robotmayor2030.co.nz/

9. Forget everything you have
been told about creativity

10. Forget everything you have
been told about creativity
(Please, question everything)

11. Myth:
Only few people are creative

15. National Foundation on the Arts and the
Humanities Act* (excerpts)
The term “the arts” includes, but is not limited to, music
(instrumental and vocal), dance, drama, folk art, creative
writing, architecture and allied fields, painting, sculpture,
photography, graphic and craft arts, industrial design,
costume and fashion design, motion pictures, television,
radio, film, video, tape and sound recording, the arts
related to the presentation, performance, execution, and
exhibition of such major art forms, all those traditional
arts practiced by the diverse peoples of this country, and
the study and application of the arts to the human
environment.
*This legislation, originally passed in
1965 and amended many times since,
established the National Endowment for
the Arts and the National Endowment for
the Humanities.

17. “Few people I know are creative” “Most people I know are creative”
“I am creative” O-type: Oppressive L-type: Liberating
“I am not creative” D-type: Oppressed
Types of perceptions of creativity inspired by Freirean views (Freire, 2000).

19. Coefficients (SELF)
Unstandardized Coefficients
Standardized
Coefficients
B Std. Error Beta t Sig.
(Constant) 2.11 .34 .00 6.27 .000
AGE .12 .06 .16 2.16 .032
GENDER -.13 .09 -.10 -1.41 .160
OCCUP .29 .12 .24 2.48 .014
OCCUP_P .16 .08 .19 2.09 .038
OTHERS .04 .06 .05 .61 .545
CAUSE .04 .05 .06 .80 .425
Multiple regression analysis with self-ratings (SELF) as dependent variable; p <.05
creative deficit: designers tend to rank their own
creativity lower than how creative they see their
profession
45.5% consider themselves more creative
than the rest of the people they know (O-
type)
46.8% see themselves as creative as all or
most people that they know (L-type)
Higher proportion of designers in the
second group
Designers tend to attribute creativity
significantly more to sustained work,
training, and effort

20. www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/560072_1393241990913741_1484585483_n1.jpg
media.pennlive.com/midstate_impact/photo/pn-20110824132704-18jpg-c300573418e4b5bf.jpg
www.iloilomovie.com
todayonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_gallery_image_lightbox/public/photos/43_images/24259450.jpg

21. “Creative people” are those who exercise their
creative capacities
“Not creative people” are those who neglect them

22. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVg_D4VES6o

23. Many more myths…

24. http://www.wall321.com/
WRONG

25. https://udemy-images.udemy.com/course/750x422/439310_ce62.jpg