By coincidence, just after writing this, I read an article (“Why are modern scientists so dull?”) claiming that creativity and psychoticism are strongly positively correlated. The explanation offered was different: that psychoticism (by which they seem to mean being a sociopath, not being mentally unstable) enables one to be more independent.
By coincidence, just after writing this, I read an article (“Why are modern scientists so dull?”) claiming that creativity and psychoticism are strongly positively correlated. The explanation offered was different: that psychoticism (by which they seem to mean being a sociopath, not being mentally unstable) enables one to be more independent.
Link?
In this context, Psychoticism is probably the trait from Eysenck’s 3 factor model of personality.
Psychoticism corresponds to a combination of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness from the Big Five.
Here’s a web test for Eysenck’s personality inventory. My results:
Extroversion (sociability) |||||||||||||| 60%
Neuroticism (emotionality) |||||||||| 36%
Psychoticism (rebelliousness) |||||||||||| 45%
Google.
If you have the link right in front of you or if it’s easy to find, it’s better to save your audience’s time by providing it right away.