Cross-domain creative success appears in some studies, but no reviewed study satisfies all three validity conditions for the domain-general hypothesis¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a systematic review of 36 empirical studies, some participants succeeded in creative tasks in several domains, but only where prior knowledge was uncontrolled and tasks were artificial. → Sébastien Miravete 2024

Evidence¶

Sébastien Miravete 2024¶

Sébastien Miravete, André Tricot. (2024). Are Some People Generally More Creative Than Others? A Systematic Review of Fifty Years' Research. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09926-6

q2 · i? · review · r3

Systematic review (PRISMA) of empirical studies using at least two creative performance tasks in two domains; the review's synthesis states "some participants succeed in creative tasks in several different domains" only under uncontrolled conditions. No effect size is printed.

"Results show that some participants succeed in creative tasks in several different domains, but only in experiments where specific prior knowledge is not controlled and tasks are artificial."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Creative performance tasks in domain-general studies are artificial, experimenter-designed, and limited to little-c creativity among students — related
• Most reviewed studies defending domain-generality are minimalist, and none treats creativity as an innate faculty — related
• Only one of 29 domain-general studies controlled participants' prior knowledge — a narrower finding that bears on this claim