Publication Date
5-8-2024
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Collabra: Psychology
Volume
10
Issue
1
DOI
10.1525/collabra.95047
Abstract
Research on the personality of creative scientists is revisited using the Neo-Socioanalytic model of personality psychology as an organizing framework. Past research shows that creative scientists, largely from the 20th century, were distinguished by high levels of openness to experience, dominance, ambition, intelligence, and low levels of agreeableness. Contradictory findings for environmental influences highlighted the potential importance of both supportive and adverse diversifying experiences. Developmental trends also run contrary to the likelihood of scientific creativity occurring later in life, which is consistent with the life span models of creativity. Based on this review, we highlight much needed updating to the basic science of scientific creativity, including the need to test these findings in populations other than older white men, and the testing of both environmental experiences and individual differences simultaneously. An agenda for identifying and developing the 21st century creative scientist is provided.
Funding Sponsor
NOMIS Stiftung
Keywords
neo-socioanalytic, personality, scientific creativity
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Brent Roberts, Gregory Feist, Rodica Ioana Damian, Rodrigues Fabretti, Nathan Kuncel, Gregory Crawford, Cosima Crawford, and Ernst Fehr. "Finding and Developing the 21st Century Scientific Pioneer" Collabra: Psychology (2024). https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.95047
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