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Selcuk Acar

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Educational Psychology

College: College of Education

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of Georgia, 2013
    Major: Educational Psychology
    Specialization: Gifted and Creative Education
    Dissertation: Empirical Studies of Literal Divergent Thinking
  • MA, Istanbul University, 2007
    Major: Gifted Education
    Specialization: Gifted Education
    Dissertation: Standardization of Raven Progressive Matrices for ages 10-11 and The Relationship between Leadership and Intelligence
  • BA, Bogazici University, 2004
    Major: Educational Sciences
    Specialization: Guidance and Psychological Counseling

Current Scheduled Teaching

EPSY 5140.480Creativity in the ClassroomSpring 8W1 2025
EPSY 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2025
EPSY 5000.480Introduction to Educational PsychologySpring 8W1 2025
EPSY 6030.709Practicum, Field Problem or InternshipSpring 2025

Previous Scheduled Teaching

EPSY 5250.480Grant Proposal Writing TechniquesFall 8W1 2024 SPOT
EPSY 6110.001Individual Differences, Creativity, & Problem SolvingFall 2024 SPOT
EPSY 6030.709Practicum, Field Problem or InternshipFall 2024
EPSY 5050.020Foundations of Educational Research MethodologySummer 5W2 2024 SPOT
EPSY 6030.709Practicum, Field Problem or InternshipSummer 10W 2024
EPSY 5140.080Creativity in the ClassroomSpring 8W1 2024 SPOT
EPSY 3020.020Introduction to Creativity in the ClassroomSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
EPSY 6030.709Practicum, Field Problem or InternshipSpring 2024
EPSY 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
EPSY 3020.020Introduction to Creativity in the ClassroomFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
EPSY 5130.090Methods and Curriculum for Teaching Gifted and Talented StudentsFall 8W2 2023 SPOT
EPSY 5000.020Introduction to Educational PsychologySummer 5W1 2023 SPOT
EPSY 5140.080Creativity in the ClassroomSpring 8W1 2023 SPOT
EPSY 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
EPSY 5133.080Infant and Child DevelopmentSpring 8W1 2023 SPOT
EPSY 6030.709Practicum, Field Problem or InternshipSpring 2023
EPSY 6900.709Special ProblemsSpring 8W2 2023
EPSY 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
EPSY 6110.001Individual Differences, Creativity, & Problem SolvingFall 2022 SPOT
EPSY 5350.020Foundations of PsychoEducational MeasurementSummer 5W2 2022 SPOT
EPSY 5900.709Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2022
EPSY 5140.080Creativity in the ClassroomSpring 8W1 2022 SPOT
EPSY 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
HNRS 4951.001Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2022
EPSY 5133.080Infant and Child DevelopmentSpring 8W1 2022 SPOT
EPSY 5133.601Infant and Child DevelopmentSpring 8W1 2022 SPOT
EPSY 6030.709Practicum, Field Problem or InternshipSpring 2022
EPSY 5143.080Advanced Adolescent DevelopmentFall 8W1 2021 SPOT
EPSY 5143.086Advanced Adolescent DevelopmentFall 8W1 2021 SPOT
EPSY 5143.601Advanced Adolescent DevelopmentFall 8W1 2021 SPOT
EPSY 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
EPSY 5050.020Foundations of Educational Research MethodologySummer 5W2 2021 SPOT
EPSY 5050.602Foundations of Educational Research MethodologySummer 5W2 2021 SPOT
EPSY 6900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2021
EPSY 5133.080Infant and Child DevelopmentSpring 8W1 2021 SPOT
EPSY 5133.086Infant and Child DevelopmentSpring 8W1 2021 SPOT
EPSY 6110.001Individual Differences, Creativity, & Problem SolvingFall 2020 SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Runco, M.A., Acar, S. (2024). Assessing divergent thinking: recent advances. Handbook of Creativity Assessment. 128-147. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102158.00016
  • Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2024). Creativity assessment: reactions, reflections, and directions for future research. Handbook of Creativity Assessment. 335-361. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102158.00031
  • Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2023). Creative abilities: Divergent thinking. Handbook of Organizational Creativity. 93-107. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-323-91840-4.00005-0
  • 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. 102-127. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108776721.008
  • Acar, S., Ogurlu, U., Runco, M.A. (2020). Meta-analytic research on creativity: challenges and solutions. Handbook of Research Methods on Creativity. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786439659.00028
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316979839.013
  • Puccio, G.J., Mance, M., Acar, S. (2017). Creative leadership among executives and managers. Handbook of Research on Leadership and Creativity. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715465.00026
  • Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2012). Creative Abilities. Handbook of Organizational Creativity. 115-139. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-374714-3.00006-9
  • 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.
  • Conference Proceeding

  • Acar, S. (2024). A Reliability Generalization of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking—Figural. AERA 2024. AERA. https://doi.org/10.3102/ip.24.2109146
  • Acar, S. (2023). Is Creativity Domain-General or Domain-Specific? A Confirmatory Meta-Analysis of Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale. AERA 2023. AERA. https://doi.org/10.3102/ip.23.2009525
  • Buruk, O.'., Özcan, O., Baykal, G.E., Göksun, T., Acar, S., Akduman, G., Baytaş, M.A., Beşevli, C., Best, J., Coşkun, A., Genç, H.U., Kocaballi, A.B., Laato, S., Mota, C., Papangelis, K., Raftopoulos, M., Ramchurn, R., Sádaba, J., Thibault, M., Wolff, A., Yildiz, M., Acar, S. (2020). Children in 2077: Designing Children's Technologies in the Age of Transhumanism. Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 1-14. ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3381821
  • Dataset

  • Acar, S., Dumas, D., Organisciak, P., Berthiaume, K. (2024). Measure of Original Thinking in Elementary School. PsycTESTS Dataset. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/t91308-000
  • 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://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.23705-x
  • Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2020). Hyperspace. Encyclopedia of Creativity. 1 (3rd Ed.) 595–600. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.23724-3
  • Acar, S. (2020). Matthew, Pygmalion, and Founder Effects. Encyclopedia of creativity. 2 (3rd Ed.) 86–93. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.23783-8
  • Acar, S., Ogurlu, U. (2020). Meta-analyses. Encyclopedia of Creativity. 2 (3rd Ed.) 132–139. San Diego, CA, Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-809324-5.23677-8
  • Journal Article

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Runco, M.A., Turkman, B., Acar, S., Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M. (2024). Examining the Idea Density and Semantic Distance of Responses Given by AI to Tests of Divergent Thinking. Other. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.1528
  • Acar, S., Balayar, B., Ozcelik, H.N., Kharkhurin, A.V. (2024). Are Bilinguals More Creative Than Monolinguals? A Meta‐Analysis. Other. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.1521
  • Acar, S., Dumas, D., Organisciak, P., Berthiaume, K. (2024). Measuring original thinking in elementary school: Development and validation of a computational psychometric approach.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 116 (6) 953-981. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000844
  • Ogurlu, U., Acar, S., Abdulla Alabbasi, A.M., Alrabai, S.W. (2024). The link between digital gaming and creativity: a meta analysis. Other. 39 (2) 122-136. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2024.2414180
  • Scherbakova, A., Dumas, D., Acar, S., Berthiaume, K., Organisciak, P. (2024). Performance and Perception of Creativity and Academic Achievement in Elementary School Students: A Normal Mixture Modeling Study. Other. 58 (2) 245-261. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.646
  • Acar, S., Organisciak, P., Dumas, D. (2024). Automated Scoring of Figural Tests of Creativity with Computer Vision. Other. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.677
  • Berthiaume, K., Acar, S., Dumas, D. (2024). “My Brain Said That … ”: A Qualitative Study of Sources of Children’s Creative Ideas. Creativity Research Journal. 1-25. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2024.2336739
  • Acar, S., Cevik, E., Fesli, E., Bozkurt, R.N., Kaufman, J.C. (2024). Testing the Domain Specificity of Creativity with Kaufman Domains of Creativity Scale: A Meta‐Analytic Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Other. 58 (1) 171-189. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.641
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1177/02614294231173783
  • Acar, S., Ogurlu, U., Zorychta, A. (2023). Exploration of discriminant validity in divergent thinking tasks: A meta-analysis.. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 17 (6) 705-724. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000469
  • Acar, S., Berthiaume, K., Johnson, R. (2023). What kind of questions do creative people ask?. Other. 33 (3) 100062. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjoc.2023.100062
  • Bower, J., Acar, S., Kursuncu, U. (2023). Measuring Creativity in Academic Writing: An Analysis of Essays in Advanced Placement Language and Composition. Other. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4631741
  • Grajzel, K., Acar, S., Dumas, D., Organisciak, P., Berthiaume, K. (2023). Measuring flexibility: A text-mining approach. Frontiers in Psychology. 13 Frontiers Media SA. https://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. https://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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2023.112338
  • Acar, S. (2023). Creativity Assessment, Research, and Practice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Creativity Research Journal. 1-7. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2023.2271749
  • Acar, S., Lee, L.E., Hodges, J. (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. https://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. https://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. https://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 101139. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101139
  • Acar, S., Tadik, H., Uysal, R., Myers, D., Inetas, B. (2023). Socio‐Economic Status and Creativity: A Meta‐Analysis. Other. 57 (1) 138-172. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.568
  • 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. Information and Learning Sciences. 124 (1/2) 25-47. Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/ils-06-2022-0082
  • Acar, S., Berthiaume, K., Grajzel, K., Dumas, D., Flemister, C.“., Organisciak, P. (2023). Applying Automated Originality Scoring to the Verbal Form of Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Gifted Child Quarterly. 67 (1) 3-17. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/00169862211061874
  • Runco, M.A., Alabbasi, A.M., Acar, S., Ayoub, A.A. (2023). Creative Potential is Differentially Expressed in School, at Home, and the Natural Environment. Creativity Research Journal. 35 (1) 15-22. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2022.2031437
  • Acar, S. (2023). Does the Task Structure Impact the Fluency Confound in Divergent Thinking? An Investigation with TTCT-Figural. Creativity Research Journal. 35 (1) 1-14. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2022.2044656
  • Grajzel, K., Dumas, D., Acar, S. (2022). Are the Verbal TTCT Forms Actually Interchangeable?. Other. 56 (4) 629-646. Wiley. https://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. https://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
  • 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. https://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. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2021.1913559
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100894
  • Acar, S., Tadik, H., Myers, D., van der Sman, C., Uysal, R. (2021). Creativity and Well‐being: A Meta‐analysis. Journal of Creative Behavior. 55 (3) 738-751. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.485
  • 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107890
  • Acar, S., Neumayer, M., Burnett, C. (2021). Social Media Use and Creativity: Exploring the Influences on Ideational Behavior and Creative Activity. Journal of Creative Behavior. 55 (1) 39-52. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.432
  • 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., 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. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.381
  • 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). https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000256
  • 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., 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. https://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. https://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. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332276.2019.1684221
  • 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 (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000231
  • 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. https://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. https://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.
  • Runco, M., Turkman, B., Acar, S., Nural, M. (2017). Idea Density and the Creativity of Written Works. Journal of Genius and Eminence. 2 (1) 26-31. Tinkr. https://doi.org/10.18536/jge.2017.04.02.01.03
  • Acar, S., Burnett, C., Cabra, J.F. (2017). Ingredients of Creativity: Originality and More. Creativity Research Journal. 29 (2) 133-144.
  • 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. https://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. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2017.1302776
  • Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2017). Latency predicts category switch in divergent thinking.. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 11 (1) 43-51. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000091
  • Runco, M., Acar, S., Campbell, W.K., Jaeger, G., McCain, J., Gentile, B. (2016). Comparisons of the Creative Class and Regional Creativity with Perceptions of Community Support and Community Barriers. Other. 2 (1) 83-92. Tinkr. https://doi.org/10.18536/bcce.2016.10.2.1.08
  • Runco, M., Acar, S., Kaufman, J., Halladay, L. (2016). Changes in Reputation and Associations with Fame and Biographical Data. Journal of Genius and Eminence. 1 (1) 52-60. Tinkr. https://doi.org/10.18536/jge.2016.01.1.1.06
  • 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., 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. https://doi.org/10.1177/0016986216634438
  • Puccio, G., Acar, S. (2015). Creativity Will Stop You From Being Promoted, Right? Wrong! A Comparison of Creative Thinking Preferences Across Organizational Levels. Other. 1 (1) 4-12. Tinkr. https://doi.org/10.18536/bcce.2015.07.1.1.02
  • Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2015). Thinking in multiple directions: Hyperspace categories in divergent thinking.. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 9 (1) 41-53. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038501
  • Sen, S., Acar, S., Cetinkaya, C. (2014). Development of the Person–Environment Fit Scale (PEFSC): A new measure of creativity.. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 8 (4) 433-445. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/a0037724
  • 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. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.47
  • Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2014). Assessing Associative Distance Among Ideas Elicited by Tests of Divergent Thinking. Creativity Research Journal. 26 (2) 229-238. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2014.901095
  • Acar, S., Sen, S. (2013). A multilevel meta-analysis of the relationship between creativity and schizotypy.. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 7 (3) 214-228. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031975
  • Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2012). Psychoticism and Creativity: A Meta-analytic Review. Other. 6 (4) 341-350.
  • Acar, S., Runco, M.A. (2012). Psychoticism and creativity: A meta-analytic review.. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 6 (4) 341-350. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027497
  • Runco, M.A., Acar, S. (2012). Divergent Thinking as an Indicator of Creative Potential. Creativity Research Journal. 24 (1) 66-75. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2012.652929
  • 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. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2011.621859
  • Cayirdag, N., Acar, S. (2010). Relationship between styles of humor and divergent thinking. Other. 2 (2) 3236-3240. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.494
  • 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. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2010.523393
  • Runco, M.A., Acar, S. (2010). Do tests of divergent thinking have an experiential bias?. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. 4 (3) 144-148. American Psychological Association (APA). https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018969
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  • Jak, S., Cheung, M.W., Acar, S., Kindred, R. Evaluating differences in latent means across studies: Extending meta-analytic confirmatory factor analysis with the analysis of means. Center for Open Science. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/35gtz

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).
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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