This presentation was given by Todd Lubart of Paris Descartes University at the project meeting “Fostering and assessing students' creativity and critical thinking in higher education” on 20 June 2016 in Paris, France.

1. Creativity in action
Todd Lubart
Paris Descartes University, Psychology Institute, LATI (Laboratory focusing
on human potential, creativity, and workplace health and security)‫‏‬

2. Creative
Person &
process

3. Two ways to go :
1. measure the creative ingredients, develop
them
2. track the creative process, develop it.
→ Differentiated curriculum model

4. 23/05/13
Creative Profiler (Lubart, Zenasni, Barbot, 2013)‫‏‬
A measurement tool for adult creative
potential in a job context
Measures 10 characteristics that are
important ingredients for creativity (5
cognitive abilities, 5 personality traits)‫‏‬
The tool is adapted for each job
context (content of some tasks,

5. Multivariate approach
Cognitive factors
Specific abilities
Knowledge
Conative-Affective factors
Specific personality traits
Motivation
Emotion
Environment
Creative potential
according to the domain
Creative Production
(achievement - talent)‫‏‬

6. 23/05/13
Creative Profiler (Lubart, Zenasni, Barbot,
2013)‫‏‬
Divergent thinking
Mental flexibility
Associative capacity
Selective combination
Analytic thinking
Intuitive style
Risk taking
Ambiguity tolerance
openness
Motivation to create
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-2
-1
0
1
2
3
individual i
reference group

7. Extended scoring method : “profile of crime”
Exp. Profile: Creative Artist
Exp. Profile
“creative
manager »
Exp.Profile “creative Designer”
25%
45%
55%Candidate's
profile

8. 23/05/13
Analogical thinking Divergent thinking Risk taking
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
person A
task 1
task 2
Abilitylevel

9. ₋Advanced students
₋(artists, designers,
₋engineers, writers
₋Composers)‫‏‬
₋Diaries
₋Notebooks,
₋8 to 12 sessions
₋
Process Studies

13. Results – General Pattern
- Dialogue avec
autrui
- Doutes/stress
- Frustration
- Intuition
- Travail en équipe
- Frustration
- Convaincre les autres
- Doutes/stress
- Frustration
- Déception
- Intuition
- Prise de risque
- Convaincre les autres
- Surprise
- Force de travail
- Persévérance
- Patience
- Rigueur
- Prise
de risque
- Rigueur
- Perfectionnisme
- Convaincre les autres
- Travail en équipe
- Perfectionnisme
- Convaincre les autres
- Perfectionnisme
- Satisfaction
- Positiver
Définir
Illuminer Hasard
Documenter Expérimenter
Converger
Contraintes
Finaliser
AssocierEvaluer
Questionner
Pause Réaliser

14.  C+ : 7 with the highest scores (17 or 18/20)‫‏‬
 C- : 5 students with the lowest scores (10 or
11/20)‫‏‬
Results – Contrasted groups

15. Results: C+
- Ouverture
- Dialogue
- Travail en équipe
- Communiquer
avec les autres
- Patience
- Ouverture
- Satisfaction
- Convaincre
- Doutes / Stress
- Déception
- Doutes / Stress
- Positiver
- Doutes / Stress
- Frustration
- Demander un avis
- Communiquer
- Prise de risque
- Frustration
- Déception
- Incertitudes
- Convaincre
- Travail en équipe
Questionner
Définir
Hasard
Documenter Expérimenter
Converger
Contraintes
Finaliser
AssocierEvaluer
RéaliserPause
Illuminer

16. Results: C-
- Demander avis
- Communiquer
- Convaincre
- Déception
- Perfectionnisme
- Dialoguer
- Déception
- Intuition
- Surprise
- Persévérance
- Forcer à travailler
- Incertitudes
- Frustration
- Intuition
- Ouverture
- Intuition
- Prise de risque
- Surprise
- Patience
- Doutes / Stress
- Frustration
- Dialoguer
- Demander avis
- Convaincre
- Doutes / Stress
- Déception
- Tous cognitifs
- Positiver
- Ouverture
- Satisfaction
- Convaincre
- Communiquer
- Intuition
- Prise de risque
- Satisfaction
- Dialoguer
- Communiquer
- Convaincre
- Travail en équipe
- Demander
un avis
Questionner
Définir
Illuminer Hasard
Documenter Expérimenter
Converger
Contraintes
Finaliser
AssocierEvaluer
RéaliserPause

17. Transitions and Characteristics
Transition: define problem -->
(C+ get documentation),(C- start experimenting)‫‏‬
Psychological characteristics associated with:
experimenting:
C+ positive, motivational
C- stressful, doubt, frustrating

18. Compare C+ and C- students on technical
invention-engineering (camping car)‫‏‬
First 5 sessions Last 5 sessions
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19.  The process of creation can be modelled as a complex
sequence of actions
 Process differences are related to the level of creative
outcomes
 Possible training programs can be proposed
Putting it all together :