Pineappleexpressbear

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Thanks Tears1106 you too!! --Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 04:48, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

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Thank you moonythedwarf! There's so much to learn and it's hard to keep track of it all, so I appreciate your help! Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 07:05, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hi Pineappleexpressbear! I'm so glad to hear of someone else who loves the Amarna period! Your article is so interesting and I learnt a lot. Good luck with finishing everything and exams! Porcelainmirror (talk) 11:09, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Creative limitations draft

Also known as creative constraints, are explicit or tacit factors restricting what a creative agent must, should, can, and cannot do; and what the creative output must, should, can, and cannot be’ (Onarheim, 2012b; https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/43251405.pdf

Traditionally, limitations were assumed to have a detrimental impact on creativity. For instance, Amabile, adopting an “intrinsic motivation perspective” argued that limitations hinder creativity by inhibiting creators’ intrinsic motivation to create. More recent research demonstrates that constraints can be both limiting and enabling in creative processes (Joyce, 2009; Negus and Pickering, 2004; Onarheim and Wiltschnig, 2010; Stokes, 2008; George, 2008; Shalley et al., 2004; Zhou & Shalley, 2003).

Limitations can be

Following Elster’s (2000), constraints can be intrinsic (inherent in the material), imposed (by external agents), or self-imposed (freely initiated by the creative agent). They can be technical, practical, social, or cognitive. Time and cost constraints

Constraints affect creative processes and outputs by…

Examples:

Time constraints

Time deadlines or production goals Can negatively impact creativity by - Discouraging exploration and increasing reliance on status quo ways of thinking and doing (Amabile, 1996). - Preventing creators from suspending judgement and playing with new ideas (Amabile & Gryskiewicz, 1987; Isaksen et al., 2000). For example, Kelly and McGrath (1985) found that products generated by individuals working under a 10-minute time limit were less creative than those working under a 20-minute time limit.

However, there is mounting evidence of the positive effects of time constraints on creativity. Activation theory suggests that, up to a certain point, time pressure can increase levels of activation, allowing for more cognitive resources to be devoted to creative idea generation (Baer & Oldham, 2006). Time pressure may also enhance creativity where it protects creators from distractions, and makes them feel like they are “on a mission”. Hennessey and Amabile (2010)

If the time pressure becomes too great, it has debilitating effects on creativity.

Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 13:20, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Resource constraints

Limits on material resources may also impact creativity.

Ample material resources is recognised as important for successful creativity (e.g., Katz & Allen, 1988), so that creators feel comfortable to experiment, and have what is necessary to perform and produce readily at hand.

Over abundance of material resources may negatively impact creativity by making people too comfortable, thereby having a deadening effect on creativity (Csikszentmihalyi, 1997 (p. 321).

Furthermore, scarcity may encourage creators to think of novel ways to do their work, thus fostering creativity (Shalley & Gilson, 2004). Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 13:27, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Limitations tend to introduce helpful boundaries that may provoke and structure the creative process. They can serve as an aid to support and guide decision-making and enable genuine innovation (Stokes, 2006, 2007). Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 13:32, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

The dominant theories of creativity are predicated on the idea that constraint is the opposite of freedom, and that freedom is essential to creativity while constraint kills it (e.g., Amabile, 1988; 1996). Constraints may actually have a freeing effect by

Internal constraints

Voluntary, internal constraints are limits imposed by the creator themselves. They are generally seen as positive and generative.

External constraints

Constraints set by external factors or actors have a varying impact on creativity. (Roskes, 2015). Research suggests that certain types of external constraints are detrimental for creative work. Others, in contrast, can actually bolster creative performance. The effect of the particular type of external constraint appears to be determined by the type of motivation that drives the creative process. The negative consequences of constraints are usually largely moti- vational: external constraints violate people’s need for autonomy, which in turn diminishes intrinsic motivation, with inhibited creativity as a result. (https://pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/87514296/Organizing_Creativity_Creativity_and_Innovation_under_Constraints.pdf)

Constraints could stimulate creativity because they energize employee efforts, or because they reduce the complexity of a problem or task. (https://pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/87514296/Organizing_Creativity_Creativity_and_Innovation_under_Constraints.pdf) con- straints can make a problem or task more man- ageable, and possibly even more interesting. Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 13:40, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Related to the notion that “Necessity is the mother of invention” Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 04:59, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

Compare with the tyranny of the blank page Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 05:01, 13 November 2024 (UTC)

A lack of constraints or boundaries can make creators complacent. People follow the path-of-least-resistance, going for the most intuitive or standard method or process, rather than investing in the development of new, better ideas. Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 05:04, 13 November 2024 (UTC)