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Dawn Eubanks (糖心TV 糖心TV School) & Thomas Hills (Psychology Department)

Discussion: Creativity and innovation

The process of creativity is one that may be wrought with errors and mistakes. How individuals manage their emotions and motivations when committing errors is important for successful learning and creativity. For example, experiencing positive and activating emotions may promote the creativity process, whereas negative activating emotions such as fear or anxiety may decrease creativity. The process whereby individuals receive feedback may greatly influence their ability to persist despite errors in complex tasks such as learning and creativity. However, when leaders or other co-workers deliver feedback messages, there is the potential for incongruence between the valence of the message and non-verbal emotional display. How will these congruent or incongruent messages affect an individual's persistence on a complex task? How will positive or negative messages and congruent or incongruent feedback influence levels of creativity?