REC100 Chapter Notes -Motivation, Peak Experience, Autotelic
20 Dec 2012
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Characteristics of creative leisure: perceived freedom. Intrinsic motivation/desire (creates for the sake of creating) It is the expression of ourselves to others; defines who we are: often more than we can express/create in a job. Defining leisure and creativity concept of leisure is defined in 3 ways: as time, as recreation, as a psychological state. Utility = product or outcome is usefully applied to a context. Self-actualized creativity only represents part of creative leisure (not the whole thing) Self-expression emerges when creativity is done for its own sake. Individual self-expression may be related to ego strength. Dumazedier proposed 5 functions of leisure satisfactions: relaxation, diversion, knowledge. Creativity, leisure, and finding flow: social participation, creativity. Flow occurs when challenge is in balance with one"s skill level when engaging in an activity: activity is autotelic, or done for its own sake. If something is done for its own sake, perceived freedom and intrinsic motivation would be high.
