Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

1-2018

Abstract

In this chapter, we present the dual-pathway multicultural experience and creative knowledge (MEACK) model, depicting how multicultural experience influences creative performance through the building of two types of knowledge: content knowledge (the what of creativity) and normative knowledge (the how and why of creativity). The MEACK model also takes into account the role of multicultural identity integration (MII), an individual difference in the levels of integration among multiple cultural identities, by showing that MII moderates the two pathways. We posit that high MIIs, who see their identities as more compatible than low MIIs, are better able to experience creative conceptual expansion (i.e., the expansion of a concept’s boundaries to fit new situations) from their content knowledge sets and norm elaboration (i.e., the flexible application of normative knowledge across different contexts) from their normative knowledge sets. Theoretical implications and future directions with the MEACK model are discussed.

Keywords

Creative conceptual expansion, Creativity, Knowledge, Multicultural experience, Multicultural identity integration, Multiculturalism, Norm elaboration

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

239

Last Page

260

ISBN

9780190455675

Identifier

10.1093/oso/9780190455675.003.0010

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/9780190455675.003.0010

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