Book chapter
Clamming Up or Opening Up During Crises: What Makes People Antisocial Versus Prosocial as a Basis for Creativity?
Crises, Creativity and Innovation, pp 105-126
02 Oct 2024
Abstract
Crises create a cycle where people clam up or open up to new problems that may affect adapting to handling problems creatively. This chapter aims to propose a socio-cognitive conceptual model outlining the reciprocal relationship between crises and creative problem-solving in which prosocial motivation is involved. We overview what adaptive and maladaptive responses to crises are like, followed by a few antecedents of prosocial motivation including what motivation is underlying prosocial behaviors, how the collectivism–individualism dimension affects shaping self-image in the relationship with others, and how people deal with uncertainty tolerance. Then, the conceptual model of crises affecting creativity was proposed in which the more tolerant one is to uncertainty in life, the more they are prosocially inclined. The augmented prosocial motivation would allow us to take a wider perspective that would result in better creative performance. Finally, we overview a few strategies for teaching creative problem-solving during crises.
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- Title
- Clamming Up or Opening Up During Crises: What Makes People Antisocial Versus Prosocial as a Basis for Creativity?
- Creators
- Jen Katz-BuonincontroSue Hyeon Paek
- Contributors
- Zorana Ivcevic (Editor)Roni Reiter-Palmon (Editor)Min Tang (Editor)Magdalena G. Grohman (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Crises, Creativity and Innovation, pp 105-126
- Series
- Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Innovation in Organizations
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Other Identifier
- 991021906084704721