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Furious activity vs. understanding: How much expertise is needed to evaluate creative work?
- Source :
- Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 7:332-340
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- American Psychological Association (APA), 2013.
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Abstract
- What is the role of expertise in evaluating creative products? Novices and experts do not assess creativity similarly, indicating domain-specific knowledge's role in judging creativity. We describe two studies that examined how quasi-experts (people who have more experience in a domain than novices but also lack recognized standing as experts) compared to novices and experts in rating creative work. In Study One, we compared different types of quasi-experts with novices and experts in rating short stories. In Study Two, we compared experts, quasi-experts, and novices in evaluating an engineering product (a mousetrap design). Quasi-experts (regardless of type) seemed to be appropriate raters for short stories, yet results were mixed for the engineer quasi-experts. Some domains may require more expertise than others to properly evaluate creative work. Refereed/Peer-reviewed
- Subjects :
- Visual Arts and Performing Arts
assessment
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Applied psychology
A domain
creative domains
Creativity
Creative work
Developmental and Educational Psychology
expertise
Product (category theory)
Experience level
Psychology
Social psychology
creativity
Applied Psychology
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Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1931390X and 19313896
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....08124eadf6f35ed8615d956adf0d429c