On the Situational Characteristics of Creativityin the Social Interaction of High School Students
The article examines the results of an exploratory empirical study of creativity in socialinteraction. The study involved 52 high school students (students of the gymnasium and schoolwith a creative direction). To test the hypothesis of the situationality of social creativity, a blockof situations with negative (Hao et al.) and positive connotations was used (the fluency andoriginality of decisions were calculated), as well as the Shvarts's value questionnaire. Accordingto the results, malevolent creativity and prosocial creativity are not a single construct, althoughthey are used to solve problems in social interaction. The results showing the connection ofmalevolent creativity and achievement values are analyzed. The results show that adolescents ofboth sexes produce ideas about harm in anonymity of revenge. Unexpected were the aggressiveideas of some high school students, although concerning involuntary harm, in a situation with alegitimate task. It is concluded that when studying creativity it is important to take into account the situational characteristics and legitimacy of the problem. Further directions of research aresuggested.