Peacocks, Picasso, and parental investment: The effects of romantic motives on creativity
Peacocks, Picasso, and parental investment: The effects of romantic motives on creativity
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DOI：
10.1037/0022-3514.91.1.63
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发表时间：
2006-07-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Kenrick, Douglas T.
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作者：
Griskevicius, Vladas;Cialdini, Robert B.;Kenrick, Douglas T.
四个实验探讨了交配动机对创造力的影响。即使没有其他激励因素，浪漫的动机也会在主观和客观方面提高创造力。对于男性来说，任何旨在激活短期或长期交配目标的暗示都会增加创造性的表现;然而，女性只有在吸引高质量的长期伴侣时才会表现出更多的创造力。这些创造力的提升与创造性任务的努力增加或情绪或唤醒的变化无关。此外，结果不受创造性货币激励措施的影响。这些发现与这样一种观点相一致，即两性的创造性表现可能与性选择有关，并受到人类父母投资的独特需求的限制。
Four experiments explored the effects of mating motivation on creativity. Even without other incentives to be creative, romantic motives enhanced creativity on subjective and objective measures. For men, any cue designed to activate a short-term or a long-term mating goal increased creative displays; however, women displayed more creativity only when primed to attract a high-quality long-term mate. These creative boosts were unrelated to increased effort on creative tasks or to changes in mood or arousal. Furthermore, results were unaffected by the application of monetary incentives for creativity. These findings align with the view that creative displays in both sexes may be linked to sexual selection, qualified by unique exigencies of human parental investment.