http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20030 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 13:00:40 GMT 2026-06-20T13:00:40Z http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20046 Tytuł: Our Most Important Creative Task: Interview with Mark Runco Autorzy: Runco, Mark A.; Lebuda, Izabela Abstrakt: In the interview with Mark Runco, one of most prolific creativity researchers, we discuss his career, main areas of research interest, chosen research methods and share his thoughts about the future of research on creativity and effectiveness in scientific work. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20046 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20045 Tytuł: A Liberating Experience. On Becoming a Work of Art Autorzy: Jerrentrup, Maja Tabea Abstrakt: The art of bodypainting that is fairly unknown to a wider public turns the body into a canvas - it is a frequently used phrase in the field of bodypainting that illustrates the challenge it faces: it uses a three-dimensional surface and has to cope with its irregularities, but also with the model’s abilities and characteristics. This paper looks at individuals who are turned into art by bodypainting. Although body painting can be very challenging for them - they have to expose their bodies and to stand still for a long time while getting transformed - models report that they enjoy both the process and the result, even if they are not confident about their own bodies. Among the reasons there are physical aspects like the sensual enjoyment, but also the feeling of being part of something artistic. This is enhanced and preserved through double staging - becoming a threedimentional work of art and then being staged for photography or film clips. This process gives the model the chance to experience their own body in a detached way. On the one hand, bodypainting closely relates to the body and on the other hand, it can help to over-come the body. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20045 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20044 Tytuł: Giving the Art Greater weight in Art Psychology: RizbA, a Questionnaire for Formal Picture Analysis Autorzy: Schoch, Kerstin; Ostermann, Thomas Abstrakt: In empirical art psychology and creativity research most studies focus on the psychological correlates of art. Only few go beyond treating artworks as categorical data (e.g. abstract vs. representational) and consider artworks in detail. In part this is due to the lack of reliable quantitative measurements. The rating instrument for two-dimensional pictorial works (RizbA) makes a difference to current research designs. The current study validates the questionnaire on a representative sample of contemporary visual art, consisting of 318 images depicting works by artists from different cultural areas dated to the 21st century. In a randomized test-retest design, the pictorial material was rated by 506 (T1) and 238 (T2) art experts using RizbA. Statistical quality criteria, such as item difficulty, capacity of differentiation, test-retest reliability, and intraclass correlation were calculated. Principal component analysis (PCA) and indices of factor similarity were computed. The overall test’s capacity for differentiation yields partial eta-squared of .31 (T1) and .40 (T2). Test-retest reliability is .86. PCA reveals an eight-factor solution, which is largely consistent across both measurement points. Tucker’s coefficient of congruence ranges between |.71| and |1.00|. Intraclass correlation coefficients are .86 (T1) and .73 (T2). This study indicates generalizability of the questionnaire to contemporary artworks. Although a conclusion on the factors’ structure cannot be drawn yet, results are very promising. As the first reliable quantitative tool for formal picture analysis, RizbA allows more detailedexamination of visual art and its psychological correlates. This broadens research methodology by giving art greater weight in art psychology and creativity research. Opis: The authors gratefully acknowledge Thomas Gengenbach for providing theoretical and practical support regarding IT, implementation of the online survey, and data structuring. Many thanks to Ina Blümel for being a great mentor in conducting this study as part of the Open Science Fellows Program. Thanks also to Rebecca Kahn for the feedback on the manuscript. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20044 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20042 Tytuł: When the Old Becomes the New: How COVID-19 Changed Potentially Creative Action on Facebook Autorzy: Borges Formiga Sobrinho, Asdrúbal Abstrakt: Psychology usually treats the creative act as both novel and adapted, a definition that can embrace the social and the cultural features of creativity. Allied to the need for social bonding and the promise of self-realization, available technological resources have enabled valuable social networks. However, social isolation caused by the COVID-19 crisis has reduced outdoor and collective personal experiences usually shared on Facebook, encouraging some users to re-publish past events. Considering that posting is potentially a creative act, hence both new and adapted, may this action now equally become old and adapted? To illustrate the question, a set of 293 posts made by twelve Brazilians with mean age of 49.7 years (SD 7.34) were collected from May 25th to June 8th, 51 of them being re-posts. The authors were inter-viewed about their use of Facebook, relation to others, and first re-posts published in the period. Thematic dialogical analysis was applied to the content of the interviews and led to finding new meanings about old posts. Despite a small sample (n = 12) and the fact that 56.1% of Facebook users in Brazil are under 35 years old, the analysis of the phenomenon can shed new light on problematization of the notion of creativity by reflecting on its role in regulation of human emotions during the COVID-19 crisis, through the action of posting legacy experience on Facebook. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20042 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z