 |
|
Biographical sketch
I completed my bachelor in psychology at the University of Utrecht in 2006. I graduated from the Research Master Social Psychology at the Free University in Amsterdam in 2008 (cum laude), my thesis was supervised by Martijn van Zomeren and concerned the emotional and behavioral consequences of being outperformed. In september 2008 I started my PhD project on creativity at the work- and organizational psychology department of the University of Amsterdam, supervised by Carsten de Dreu and Bernard Nijstad.
Curriculum Vitae |
| |
|
|
Research
Why are people creative? My research is aimed at investigating the effects of functionality on creative behavior. When people have a reason to be creative (i.e. creativity is functional) they should become more creative, irrespective of the type of goal. Both avoidance goals and approach goals (i.e. achieving gains or avoiding losses) should lead to greater creativity, possibly through different routes (persistence versus flexibility).
|
| |
|
