Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

1-2018

Abstract

In this chapter, we propose the complementary model of culture and creativity (CMCC) to account for three pairs of contrasting forces that characterize the manners in which individuals manage their cultural experiences and that produce impacts on creative pursuits. We theorize three bidimensional psychological processes that explain the effects of culture on creativity: (a) stereotyping versus destabilizing cultural norms, (b) fixating on one cultural mindset versus alternating between cultural frames, and (c) distancing from versus integrating cultures. We contend that a broader and diversifying cultural experience offers an impetus to break down cultural confines, to oscillate between a variety of cultural perspectives, and to synthesize a multitude of ideas from different cultures, which can bring about discernible enduring benefits to creativity. We discuss the CMCC by putting it in the perspective of the state-of-the-art empirical findings on culture and creativity.

Keywords

Alternation, Complementary model, Cultural distancing, Cultural integration, Cultural mindset, Cultural stereotypes, Culture-creativity nexus, Fixation

Discipline

Multicultural Psychology | Psychology

Research Areas

Psychology

Publication

Handbook of culture and creativity: Basic processes and applied innovations

Editor

Angela K. Y. Leung, Letty Kwan and Shyhnan Liou

First Page

3

Last Page

32

ISBN

9780190455675

Identifier

10.1093/oso/9780190455675.003.0001

Publisher

Oxford University Press

City or Country

Oxford

Embargo Period

12-30-2018

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190455675.003.0001

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