Selcuk Acar

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

• Roberts, A.M., Sternberg, R.J., Runco, M.A., Acar, S., Ward, T.B., Kolomyts, , Y., Kaufman, J.C. (2021). Creativity and cognition, divergent thinking, and intelligence. Creativity: An introduction. 102-127.
• Acar, S., Ogurlu, U., Runco, M.A. (2020). Meta-analytic research on creativity. Challenges and solutions. Handbook of Research Methods on Creativity. 244–258. Edward Elgar. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-of-research-methods-on-creativity-9781786439642.html
• Acar, S. (2019). Divergent thinking through cognitive hyperspace for creative ideas. Integrative explorations of the creative mind. 40–62. Newcastle, UK, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Runco, M.A., Acar, S. (2019). Divergent Thinking. The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity. 224-254. Cambridge University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781316979839.013
• Acar, S. (2017). Creative leadership among executives and managers. Handbook of creative leadership. 359–383.
• Acar, S. (2012). Creative abilities: Divergent thinking. Handbook of organizational creativit. 115-140. London; Waltham, MA, Elsevier/Academic Press..
• Runco, M.A., Cayirdag Acar, N., Acar, S. (2010). Quantitative research on creativity. Researching creative learning methods and issues. 153-171. London, UK, Routledge.

Editorial Material

• Murphy, M., Runco, M.A., Acar, S., Reiter-Palmon, R. (2013). Reanalysis of Genetic Data and Rethinking Dopamine's Relationship With Creativity. Creativity Research Journal. 25 (1) 147-148.

Encyclopedia Article

• Acar, S. (2020). Asynchronicity. Encyclopedia of creativity. 1 (3rd) 83–89. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. https://www.elsevier.com/books/encyclopedia-of-creativity/runco/978-0-12-815614-8
• Acar, S. (2020). Creativity gap. Encyclopedia of Creativity. 1 (3rd Ed.) 263–267. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. https://www.elsevier.com/books/encyclopedia-of-creativity/runco/978-0-12-815614-8
• Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2020). Hyperspace. Encyclopedia of Creativity. 1 (3rd Ed.) 595–600. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. https://www.elsevier.com/books/encyclopedia-of-creativity/runco/978-0-12-815614-8
• Acar, S. (2020). Matthew, Pygmalion, and Founder Effects. Encyclopedia of creativity. 2 (3rd Ed.) 86–93. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. https://www.elsevier.com/books/encyclopedia-of-creativity/runco/978-0-12-815614-8
• Acar, S., Ogurlu, U. (2020). Meta-analyses. Encyclopedia of Creativity. 2 (3rd Ed.) 132–139. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. https://www.elsevier.com/books/encyclopedia-of-creativity/runco/978-0-12-815614-8

Journal Article

• Acar, S., Berthiaume, K., Grajzel, K., Dumas, D., Flemister, C.“., Organisciak, P. Applying Automated Originality Scoring to the Verbal Form of Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Gifted Child Quarterly. 001698622110618. SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00169862211061874
• Alteshehr, K.K., Acar, S., Sahin, A., Yildirim, Y., Taban, F. College Students’ Academic Online Engagement, Creative Self-Efficacy, Self-Regulation and Wellbeing During the Pandemic. Other. 4 (6) 83-92. European Open Science Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.24018/ejedu.2023.4.6.701
• Acar, S. Creativity Assessment, Research, and Practice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Creativity Research Journal. 1-7. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2271749
• Acar, S. Does the Task Structure Impact the Fluency Confound in Divergent Thinking? An Investigation with TTCT-Figural. Creativity Research Journal. 1-14. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2022.2044656
• Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M., Reiter-Palmon, R., Acar, S. Problem finding and divergent thinking: A multivariate meta-analysis.. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. American Psychological Association (APA). http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000640
• Acar, S., Tadik, H., Uysal, R., Myers, D., Inetas, B. Socio‐Economic Status and Creativity: A Meta‐Analysis. Other. Wiley. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jocb.568
• Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M., Runco, M.A., Acar, S., Aljasim, F.A. Validation of Arabic Version of Runco Ideational Behavior Scale. Creativity Research Journal. 1-9. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2022.2110731
• Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M., Al-Shehri, R., Aljasim, F.A., Acar, S. (2024). Testing the effects of time-on-task and instructions to “be creative” on gifted students. Other. 40 (1) 67-91. SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02614294231173783
• Acar, S., Berthiaume, K., Johnson, R. (2023). What kind of questions do creative people ask?. Other. 33 (3) 100062. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2023.100062
• Grajzel, K., Acar, S., Dumas, D., Organisciak, P., Berthiaume, K. Measuring flexibility: A text-mining approach. Frontiers in Psychology. 13 Frontiers Media SA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1093343
• Bower, J., Acar, S., Kursuncu, U. (2023). Measuring Creativity in Academic Writing: An Analysis of Essays in Advanced Placement Language and Composition. Journal of Advanced Academics. 34 (3-4) 183-214. SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1932202x231211633
• Grajzel, K., Acar, S., Singer, G. (2023). The Big Five and divergent thinking: A meta-analysis. Personality and Individual Differences. 214 112338. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112338
• Acar, S., Lee, L.E., Hodges, J.W. (2023). Assessing the Robustness of the Factor Structure of TTCT-Figural: A Meta-CFA Replication-Extension. Creativity Research Journal. 35 (4) 547-567. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2209393
• Organisciak, P., Acar, S., Dumas, D., Berthiaume, K. (2023). Beyond semantic distance: Automated scoring of divergent thinking greatly improves with large language models. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 49 101356. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101356
• Dumas, D., Acar, S., Berthiaume, K., Organisciak, P., Eby, D., Grajzel, K., Vlaamster, T., Newman, M., Carrera, M. (2023). What Makes Children's Responses to Creativity Assessments Difficult to Judge Reliably?. Other. 57 (3) 419-438. Wiley. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jocb.588
• Ogurlu, U., Acar, S., Ozbey, A. (2023). Does Word Frequency Impact Ideational Fluency in Divergent Thinking? A Meta-analytic Exploration with the Alternate Uses Test. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 47 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85143773043
• Organisciak, P., Newman, M., Eby, D., Acar, S., Dumas, D. (2023). How do the kids speak? Improving educational use of text mining with child-directed language models. Other. https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85146280538
• Grajzel, K., Dumas, D., Acar, S. (2022). Are the Verbal TTCT Forms Actually Interchangeable?. Other. 56 (4) 629-646. Wiley. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jocb.556
• Guo, Y., Lin, S., Acar, S., Jin, S., Xu, X., Feng, Y., Zeng, Y. (2022). Divergent Thinking and Evaluative Skill: A Meta‐Analysis. Other. 56 (3) 432-448. Wiley. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jocb.539
• Ayoub, A.E., Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M., Alsubaie, A.M., Runco, M.A., Acar, S. (2022). Enhanced Open-Mindedness and Problem Finding Among Gifted Female Students Involved in Future Robotics Design. Roeper Review. 44 (2) 85-93. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2022.2043500
• Runco, M.A., Alabbasi, A.M., Acar, S., Ayoub, A.A. (2022). Creative Potential is Differentially Expressed in School, at Home, and the Natural Environment. Creativity Research Journal. Routledge. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10400419.2022.2031437
• Acar, S., Branch, M.J., Burnett, C., Cabra, J.F. (2021). Assessing the Universality of the Zero Originality Lists of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT)-Figural: An Examination With African American College Students. Gifted Child Quarterly. 65 (4) 354-369. SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00169862211012964
• Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M., Tadik, H., Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2021). Birth Order and Divergent Thinking: A Meta-Analysis. Creativity Research Journal. 33 (4) 331-346. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2021.1913559
• Paek, S.H., Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M., Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2021). Is more time better for divergent thinking? A meta-analysis of the time-on-task effect on divergent thinking. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 41 100894. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100894
• Mastria, S., Agnoli, S., Zanon, M., Acar, S., Runco, M.A., Corazza, G.E. (2021). Clustering and switching in divergent thinking: Neurophysiological correlates underlying flexibility during idea generation. Neuropsychologia. 158 107890. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107890
• Puccio, G.J., Burnett, C., Acar, S., Yudess, J.A., Holinger, M., Cabra, J.F. (2020). Creative Problem Solving in Small Groups: The Effects of Creativity Training on Idea Generation, Solution Creativity, and Leadership Effectiveness. Journal of Creative Behavior. 54 (2) 453-471.
• Acar, S., Runco, M.A., Park, H. (2020). What should people be told when they take a divergent thinking test? A meta-analytic review of explicit instructions for divergent thinking.. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 14 (1) 39-49. American Psychological Association (APA). http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aca0000256
• Acar, S., Tadik, H., Myers, D., van der Sman, C., Uysal, R. Creativity and wellbeing: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Creative Behavior. 55 (3) 738-751.
• Pugsley, L., Acar, S. (2020). Supporting Creativity Or Conformity? Influence of Home Environment and Parental Factors on the Value of Children's Creativity Characteristics. Journal of Creative Behavior. 54 (3) 598-609. Wiley. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jocb.393
• Puccio, G.J., Miller, B., Acar, S. (2019). Differences in Creative Problem‐Solving Preferences Across Occupations. Journal of Creative Behavior. 53 (4) 576-592. Wiley. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jocb.241
• Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2019). Divergent Thinking: New Methods, Recent Research, and Extended Theory. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 13 (2) 153-158. American Psychological Association.
• Acar, S., Neumayer, M., Burnett, C. (2019). Social Media Use and Creativity: Exploring the Influences on Ideational Behavior and Creative Activity. Journal of Creative Behavior. Wiley.
• Acar, S., Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M., Runco, M.A., Beketayev, K. (2019). Latency as a predictor of originality in divergent thinking. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 33 100574. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2019.100574
• Kaya, F., Acar, S. (2019). The impact of originality instructions on cognitive strategy use in divergent thinking. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 33 100581. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2019.100581
• Gurak-Ozdemir, S., Acar, S., Puccio, G., Wright, C. (2019). Why Do Teachers Connect Better With Some Students Than Others? Exploring the Influence of Teachers’ Creative-Thinking Preferences. Other. 34 (1-2) 102-115. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2019.1684221
• Acar, S., Runco, M.A., Ogurlu, U. (2019). The moderating influence of idea sequence: A re-analysis of the relationship between category switch and latency. Personality and Individual Differences. 142 214-217. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.06.013
• Acar, S., Runco, M.A., Ogurlu, U. (2018). Creativity and Religiosity: A Reanalysis with Regional Predictors. Creativity Research Journal. 30 (3) 316-321. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2018.1488349
• Acar, S., Chen, X., Cayirdag, N. (2018). Schizophrenia and creativity: A meta-analytic review. Schizophrenia Research. 195 23-31. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.08.036
• Runco, M.A., Acar, S., Cayirdag, N. (2017). A closer look at the creativity gap and why students are less creative at school than outside of school. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 24 242-249.
• Runco, M.A., Acar, S., Cayirdag, N. (2017). Further Evidence that Creativity and Innovation are Inhibited by Conservative Thinking: Analyses of the 2016 Presidential Election. Creativity Research Journal. 29 (3) 331-336.
• Acar, S., Burnett, C., Cabra, J.F. (2017). Ingredients of Creativity: Originality and More. Creativity Research Journal. 29 (2) 133-144.
• Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2017). Latency Predicts Category Switch in Divergent Thinking. Other. 11 (1) 43-51.
• Runco, M.A., Acar, S., Cayirdag, N. (2017). Further Evidence that Creativity and Innovation are Inhibited by Conservative Thinking: Analyses of the 2016 Presidential Election. Creativity Research Journal. 29 (3) 331-336. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2017.1360069
• Runco, M.A., Acar, S., Cayirdag, N. (2017). A closer look at the creativity gap and why students are less creative at school than outside of school. Thinking Skills and Creativity. 24 242-249. Elsevier BV. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2017.04.003
• Acar, S., Burnett, C., Cabra, J.F. (2017). Ingredients of Creativity: Originality and More. Creativity Research Journal. 29 (2) 133-144. Informa UK Limited. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2017.1302776
• Acar, S., Sen, S., Cayirdag, N. (2016). Consistency of the Performance and Nonperformance Methods in Gifted Identification: A Multilevel Meta-Analytic Review. Gifted Child Quarterly. 60 (2) 81-101.
• Runco, M.A., Hao, N., Acar, S., Yang, J., Tang, M. (2016). The Social “Cost” of Working in Groups and Impact on Values and Creativity. Other. 3 (2) 229-243. Walter de Gruyter GmbH. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2016-0015
• Acar, S., Sen, S., Cayirdag, N. (2016). Consistency of the Performance and Nonperformance Methods in Gifted Identification. Gifted Child Quarterly. 60 (2) 81-101. SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0016986216634438
• Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2015). Thinking in Multiple Directions: Hyperspace Categories in Divergent Thinking. Other. 9 (1) 41-53.
• Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2014). Assessing Associative Distance Among Ideas Elicited by Tests of Divergent Thinking. Creativity Research Journal. 26 (2) 229-238.
• Sen, S., Acar, S., Cetinkaya, C. (2014). Development of the Person-Environment Fit Scale (PEFSC): A New Measure of Creativity. Other. 8 (4) 433-445.
• Runco, M.A., Walczyk, J.J., Acar, S., Cowger, E.L., Simundson, M., Tripp, S. (2014). The Incremental Validity of a Short Form of the Ideational Behavior Scale and Usefulness of Distractor, Contraindicative, and Lie Scales. Other. 48 (3) 185-197.
• Acar, S., Sen, S. (2013). A Multilevel Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Creativity and Schizotypy. Other. 7 (3) 214-228.
• Runco, M.A., Acar, S. (2012). Divergent Thinking as an Indicator of Creative Potential. Creativity Research Journal. 24 (1) 66-75.
• Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2012). Psychoticism and Creativity: A Meta-analytic Review. Other. 6 (4) 341-350.
• Runco, M.A., Noble, E.P., Reiter-Palmon, R., Acar, S., Ritchie, T., Yurkovich, J.M. (2011). The Genetic Basis of Creativity and Ideational Fluency. Creativity Research Journal. 23 (4) 376-380.
• Runco, M.A., Acar, S. (2010). Do Tests of Divergent Thinking Have an Experiential Bias?. Other. 4 (3) 144-148.
• Runco, M.A., Millar, G., Acar, S., Cramond, B. (2010). Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking as Predictors of Personal and Public Achievement: A Fifty-Year Follow-Up. Creativity Research Journal. 22 (4) 361-368.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

• Acar, S. (Principal), "Measuring Original Thinking in Elementary Students: A Text-mining Approach," sponsored by Institute of Education Sciences, Federal, $964081 Funded. (2020 - 2023).
• Acar, S. (Co-Principal), "Adopting MOOC Courses to the Needs of Existing Educational Structures," sponsored by SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Renewal Grant (IITG), State, $17500 Funded. (2015 - 2016).
• Acar, S. (Principal), "Measuring Original Thinking in Elementary Students: A Text-Mining Approach," sponsored by Institute of Education Sciences, FED, Funded. (2020 - 2023).
• Acar, S. (Principal), "Measuring Original Thinking in Elementary Students: A Text-Mining Approach," sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, FED, Funded. (2020 - 2023).
• Acar, S. (Co-Principal), "Adopting MOOC Courses to the Needs of Existing Educational Structures," sponsored by SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Renewal Grant (IITG), State, Funded. (2015 - 2016).