Sometimes creativity CAN be bought

experiment: sometimes creativity CAN be bought children are asked children are asked to rearrange letters and come up with ONE word to rearrange letters and come up with AT LEAST SIX words 2$ the children receive no payment for their answers the children are paid $.01 for their correct answer the children are paid $.01 for each correct answer the kids are asked to draw a series of pictures which judges group into categories the pictures are LESS original than if not paid the pictures have the pictures are MORE original than if not paid AVERAGE originality pay somebody just to finish a job and you destroy creativity, pay them to be creative and they will be TrendingSideways com Source Robert Eisenberger, Michael Selbst (1994). Does Reward Increase or Decrease Creativity? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 66(6). 1116 to 1127 experiment: sometimes creativity CAN be bought children are asked children are asked to rearrange letters and come up with ONE word to rearrange letters and come up with AT LEAST SIX words 2$ the children receive no payment for their answers the children are paid $.01 for their correct answer the children are paid $.01 for each correct answer the kids are asked to draw a series of pictures which judges group into categories the pictures are LESS original than if not paid the pictures have the pictures are MORE original than if not paid AVERAGE originality pay somebody just to finish a job and you destroy creativity, pay them to be creative and they will be TrendingSideways com Source Robert Eisenberger, Michael Selbst (1994). Does Reward Increase or Decrease Creativity? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 66(6). 1116 to 1127 experiment: sometimes creativity CAN be bought children are asked children are asked to rearrange letters and come up with ONE word to rearrange letters and come up with AT LEAST SIX words 2$ the children receive no payment for their answers the children are paid $.01 for their correct answer the children are paid $.01 for each correct answer the kids are asked to draw a series of pictures which judges group into categories the pictures are LESS original than if not paid the pictures have the pictures are MORE original than if not paid AVERAGE originality pay somebody just to finish a job and you destroy creativity, pay them to be creative and they will be TrendingSideways com Source Robert Eisenberger, Michael Selbst (1994). Does Reward Increase or Decrease Creativity? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 66(6). 1116 to 1127 experiment: sometimes creativity CAN be bought children are asked children are asked to rearrange letters and come up with ONE word to rearrange letters and come up with AT LEAST SIX words 2$ the children receive no payment for their answers the children are paid $.01 for their correct answer the children are paid $.01 for each correct answer the kids are asked to draw a series of pictures which judges group into categories the pictures are LESS original than if not paid the pictures have the pictures are MORE original than if not paid AVERAGE originality pay somebody just to finish a job and you destroy creativity, pay them to be creative and they will be TrendingSideways com Source Robert Eisenberger, Michael Selbst (1994). Does Reward Increase or Decrease Creativity? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 66(6). 1116 to 1127 experiment: sometimes creativity CAN be bought children are asked children are asked to rearrange letters and come up with ONE word to rearrange letters and come up with AT LEAST SIX words 2$ the children receive no payment for their answers the children are paid $.01 for their correct answer the children are paid $.01 for each correct answer the kids are asked to draw a series of pictures which judges group into categories the pictures are LESS original than if not paid the pictures have the pictures are MORE original than if not paid AVERAGE originality pay somebody just to finish a job and you destroy creativity, pay them to be creative and they will be TrendingSideways com Source Robert Eisenberger, Michael Selbst (1994). Does Reward Increase or Decrease Creativity? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 66(6). 1116 to 1127