Psychology of the Scientist: XXXVII. Scientific Creativity: A Relationship with Information Channels
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 42 (3) , 691-694
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1978.42.3.691
Abstract
Using peer nominations, 65 physical scientists were classified as either creative and productive, productive but not creative, or non-creative and non-productive. Each scientist was then interviewed to determine his information-receiving behaviors and attitudes. Results indicate that creative scientists are distinguished from other scientists in their use of people as sources of information and that they receive information from a wider field' of disciplinary areas.Keywords
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