心理学报
心理學報
심이학보
Acta Psychologica Sinica
2011年
10期
1138~1150
,共null页
张景焕 刘桂荣 师玮玮 付秀君
張景煥 劉桂榮 師瑋瑋 付秀君
장경환 류계영 사위위 부수군
创造思维 动机激发类型 动机调节方式 自我决定论
創造思維 動機激髮類型 動機調節方式 自我決定論
창조사유 동궤격발류형 동궤조절방식 자아결정론
creative thinking; motivating style; motivation regulation; Self-Determination Theory
基于自我决定论的理论框架,采用动机激发类型问卷、学业自主调节问卷和托兰斯创造性思维测验(图画)对305名小学五、六年级学生进行问卷调查,考察小学高年级学生的动机激发类型、动机调节方式与创造思维的关系。研究发现:(1)中度控制/中度自主/高度自主的动机激发类型均能显著正向预测创造思维;而高度控制的动机激发类型对创造思维的预测作用不显著。(2)自主性动机显著正向预测创造思维;控制性动机对创造思维的预测作用不显著。(3)自主性动机在中度控制和创造思维间起完全中介作用、在中度自主/高度自主和创造思维之间起部分中介作用。在创造思维各个维度上,自主性动机在中度控制和流畅性间、在中度自主/高度自主和独创性间起完全中介作用;在中度自主/高度自主和流畅性之间起部分中介作用。研究结果基本支持自我决定论的有关理论预期,但在中度控制的动机激发类型上得出了与理论预期不一致的结论,作者对此从文化的角度进行了讨论。
基于自我決定論的理論框架,採用動機激髮類型問捲、學業自主調節問捲和託蘭斯創造性思維測驗(圖畫)對305名小學五、六年級學生進行問捲調查,攷察小學高年級學生的動機激髮類型、動機調節方式與創造思維的關繫。研究髮現:(1)中度控製/中度自主/高度自主的動機激髮類型均能顯著正嚮預測創造思維;而高度控製的動機激髮類型對創造思維的預測作用不顯著。(2)自主性動機顯著正嚮預測創造思維;控製性動機對創造思維的預測作用不顯著。(3)自主性動機在中度控製和創造思維間起完全中介作用、在中度自主/高度自主和創造思維之間起部分中介作用。在創造思維各箇維度上,自主性動機在中度控製和流暢性間、在中度自主/高度自主和獨創性間起完全中介作用;在中度自主/高度自主和流暢性之間起部分中介作用。研究結果基本支持自我決定論的有關理論預期,但在中度控製的動機激髮類型上得齣瞭與理論預期不一緻的結論,作者對此從文化的角度進行瞭討論。
기우자아결정론적이론광가,채용동궤격발류형문권、학업자주조절문권화탁란사창조성사유측험(도화)대305명소학오、륙년급학생진행문권조사,고찰소학고년급학생적동궤격발류형、동궤조절방식여창조사유적관계。연구발현:(1)중도공제/중도자주/고도자주적동궤격발류형균능현저정향예측창조사유;이고도공제적동궤격발류형대창조사유적예측작용불현저。(2)자주성동궤현저정향예측창조사유;공제성동궤대창조사유적예측작용불현저。(3)자주성동궤재중도공제화창조사유간기완전중개작용、재중도자주/고도자주화창조사유지간기부분중개작용。재창조사유각개유도상,자주성동궤재중도공제화류창성간、재중도자주/고도자주화독창성간기완전중개작용;재중도자주/고도자주화류창성지간기부분중개작용。연구결과기본지지자아결정론적유관이론예기,단재중도공제적동궤격발류형상득출료여이론예기불일치적결론,작자대차종문화적각도진행료토론。
Given its importance and applicability to literally every field, creativity is a topic of ever-increasing interest; Motivation has been frequently and predictably related to creativity. The focus of research, concerning their relationship, has transferred from distinguishing extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation – to treating extrinsic motivation differentially. Synergistic extrinsic motivation can contribute to creativity, while non-synergistic motivation can undermine creativity. Based on much empirical research, Self-determination Theory (SDT) treats motivation from a new perspective. SDT proposes that there are four types ofinternalization that differ in the degree to which the regulations become integrated with a person’s sense of self: external regulation, introjected regulation, identified regulation and intrinsic motivation. The conception ofinternalization and types of regulation has shifted the primary differentiation from a focus on intrinsic motivation versus extrinsic motivation, to a focus on autonomous motivation (AM) versus controlled motivation (CM). As has been made clear in many papers, the most positive outcomes are derived from AM, while CM is either unrelated or negatively related to adaptive outcomes. Research has shown that AM is effective for performance – especially on complex or heuristic tasks that involve deep information processing or creativity – while CM is associated with lower well-being and poorer functioning. However, in making predictions regarding which type of motivation has the most positive impact on outcomes, the nature of the task does make sense. Just as Gagné Deci (2005) proposed, "Controlled motivation will yield poorer performance on heuristic tasks than autonomous motivation, but will lead to equal or better short-term performance on algorithmic tasks." Based on SDT, we can predict behavior more accurately according to one’s degree of self-determination. Then what can SDT shed light on in the relationship between motivation and creativity? Research is needed to explore this point. Motivating style – autonomy supportive or controlling – is motivation orientation of children’s significant others. According to SDT, when the social context is autonomy supportive, people are motivated to internalize the regulation ofimportant activities; whereas when the context is controlling, self-determined motivation is undermined. What’s more, children are sensitive to interpersonal environment. A number of studies have shown that AM mediates the relationship between autonomy support and adjustments. Accordingly, we suppose that self-determined motivation mediates the relationship between autonomy support and creativity. In addition, various cross-cultural researchers state that autonomy is not valued in Eastern cultures, and hence, is unlikely to predict optimal functioning. It has been argued that adults in Eastern societies are less focused on promoting autonomy. With regard to the Chinese cultural context in particular, the support of autonomy appears to be a less common socialization practice because of the prevailing Confucian values. Therefore, it is one of the primary purposes to test the applicability of SDT in China. The present study investigated the relationship among motivation (AM and CM), adults’ motivating style (highly controlling, HC; moderately controlling, MC; moderately autonomy supportive, MA; highly autonomy supportive, HA) and creativity in China. Academic Self-regulation Questionnaire, the Motivators’ Orientations Questionnaire, and Torrance Test Thinking Test (figure) were administered to 305 late elementary students (151 boys and 154 girls) in Jinan City, Shandong Province using hierarchical multiple regression analysis. The results supported SDT on the whole. Results were as follows: (1) MA, MA and HA were all positive predictors of one’s level of creative thinking; while HC could not predict one’s level of creative thinking. (2) AM was a positive predictor of creative thinking; while CM could not predict creative thinking. (3) AM played as a mediating role between the relationship of motivating style and creative thinking. To be specific, AM wholly mediated the relationship of MC and fluency, MA/HA and originality, and partially mediated the relationship of MA/HA and fluency. The results derived from this thesis indicated that SDT does have cross-cultural generalization, though there were some specific points regarding Chinese students that may be due to Chinese culture. These results imply that support from significant others do impact Chinese students. We can nurture children's creative thinking by creating a supportive social climate and facilitating the more self-determined motivation.