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Guo Y, Lin S, Williams ZJ, Zeng Y, Clark LQC. Evaluative Skill in the Creative Process: A Cross-cultural Study. THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY 2023; 47:101240. [PMID: 36876226 PMCID: PMC9979839 DOI: 10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Evaluative skill is the ability to accurately judge ideas on creativity (or originality), which is a critical component of creativity. Various aspects of creativity have been examined cross-culturally, but little research has focused on evaluative skill. The first goal of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of evaluative skill assessments, which were based on two types of divergent thinking tests (Line Meanings and Uses), between American (n = 341) and Chinese (n = 345) college students. Multi-group confirmatory factor analyses supported a two-factor model based on two types of evaluation tasks, and this model satisfied configural and weak invariance. However, partial strong invariance was satisfied only for the Uses evaluation task. Based on this evidence, our second goal was to explore the differences in evaluative skill between these two groups. Via latent mean comparisons, we found that American participants had better performance on evaluative skill based on the Uses evaluation task than their Chinese counterparts. Taken together, this study is one of the first to examine the cross-cultural differences in evaluative skill between American and Chinese adults. This study offered preliminary results showing some invariance in evaluative skill assessments across cultures and indicating cross-cultural differences in this ability.
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- Yawei Guo
- BNU-HKBU United International College
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Nagy B, Czigler I, Csizmadia P, File D, Fáy N, Gaál ZA. Investigating the involvement of cognitive control processes in innovative and adaptive creativity and their age-related changes. Front Hum Neurosci 2023; 17:1033508. [PMID: 36816501 PMCID: PMC9932509 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1033508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Introduction Based on the two-factor model of creativity, two distinct types of creative problem solving can be differentiated: innovative ("do things differently") and adaptive ("do things better"). Flexible cognitive control is a crucial concept in connection with both general and specific styles of creativity: innovative problem-solving benefits from broader attention and flexible mental set shifting; while adaptive creativity relies on focused attention and persistent goal-oriented processes. We applied an informatively cued task-switching paradigm which is suitable for measuring different cognitive control processes and mechanisms like proactive and reactive control. We hypothesized that adaptive creativity is connected to effective proactive control processes, while innovative creativity is based on reactive task-execution. As we have found no previous evidence how age-related changes in cognitive control affects creative cognition; we also examined the effect of healthy aging on different problem-solving styles in an explorative way. Methods Our participants, 37 younger (18-30 years) and 37 older (60-75 years) adults, were divided into innovative and adaptive creative groups according to the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking's Figural Subtest (Hungarian version). Results Our results showed that among younger adults the adaptively creative group had larger cue-locked CNV component (effective preparatory activity connected to proactive control), while the innovatively creative group had a larger target-locked P3b component (effective target evaluation and categorization in line with reactive control) which supports a functional difference in the two creative styles. By contrast, in older adults innovative problem-solving showed larger mixing costs (less effective maintenance and selection of task sets), and the lack of trial type effect on target-locked N2b (target-induced goal reactivation and less effective conflict resolution); while adaptive problem-solving caused them to make fewer errors (accuracy-oriented behavior). Discussion All in all, innovative and adaptive creativity is based on distinct cognitive control mechanisms in both age-groups, but their processing level is affected by age-related changes.
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- Boglárka Nagy
- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary,Department of Cognitive Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary,*Correspondence: Boglárka Nagy,
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary,Department of Cognitive Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Psychology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Independent Researcher, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Liu J, Yu L, Zhao X, Liu Y, Jiao L. Creativity Profiles and the Role of Interpersonal Relationships in Primary School Pupils: A
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Approach. JOURNAL OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/jocb.560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Acar S. Does the Task Structure Impact the Fluency Confound in Divergent Thinking? An Investigation with TTCT-Figural. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2022.2044656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Aschauer W, Haim K, Weber C. A Contribution to Scientific Creativity: A Validation Study Measuring Divergent Problem Solving Ability. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2021.1968656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- University of Education Upper Austria
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Nakano TDC, Oliveira KDS, Zaia P. Gender Differences in Creativity: A Systematic Literature Review. PSICOLOGIA: TEORIA E PESQUISA 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/0102.3772e372116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Abstract In order to understand trends reported in research carried out about gender differences in creativity, a systematic review of the scientific literature on the electronic databases Scielo, Pepsic, CAPES Periodicals, Academic Search Premier, Academic Search Elite, Redalyc, and MEDLINE Complete was held. The 133 publications analysis showed that the articles were published between 1975 and 2020, most of them of international origin (82.71%). Most studies reported gender differences, with 45.20% in favor of women. Another 23.28% in favor of men, and 31.50%, oscillating according to the content evaluated. There was no consensus on the issue since inconsistent results were found, sometimes indicating the predominance of better results achieved by women, sometimes by men, in the same measures. This finding reinforces the importance that studies of this nature consider the influence of other factors, such as attitudes, motivation, opportunities, and the type of measure used to establish more accurate results.
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- Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Brasil
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Volumetric evidence of the mediating role of mental imagery in episodic memory effect on divergent thinking. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-019-0155-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Gryazeva-Dobshinskaya VG, Dmitrieva YA, Korobova SY, Glukhova VA. Children's Creativity and Personal Adaptation Resources. Behav Sci (Basel) 2020; 10:E49. [PMID: 32028567 PMCID: PMC7071416 DOI: 10.3390/bs10020049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The study provides insights into the aspects of creativity, the structure of psychometric intelligence, and personal adaptation resources of senior preschool children. Creativity and intelligence are presented as general adaptation resources. Existing studies of creative ability and creativity as integral individual characteristics in the context of adaptation are analyzed. The aim is to identify varied sets of creativity and personal adaptation resource markers that differentiate groups of children in order to determine possible strategies for adaptation, preservation, and development of their creative abilities at the beginning of lyceum schooling. It embraces the use of the E. Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) (figural version), the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC), and the G. Rorschach Test. A sample of the study consisted of 122 children, aged 6-7 and enrolled in a school. The average IQ score among the children was above 115 (M = 133.7, σ = 9.9). The entire sample was divided into four groups by the originality-elaboration ratio according to the TTCT. The correctness of the children's division into the groups according to the markers of creativity and personal adaptation resources is confirmed by the discriminant analysis. We have identified the factor structure of creativity, intelligence, and personal adaptation resources in the entire sample of children and in each of the groups. In the group of preschoolers with high originality and elaboration, the resulting structure integrated the components of creativity with personal adaptation resources and intelligence scores. In the group of children with a low level of originality and elaboration, the markers of creativity, intelligence, and personal adaptation resources are not interlinked.
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- Laboratory of Psychology and Psychophysiology of Stress-Resistance and Creativity, Scientific and Educational Center “Biomedical Technologies”, Higher Medical and Biological School, South Ural State University, 454080 Chelyabinsk, Russia; (V.G.G.-D.); (S.Y.K.); (V.A.G.)
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Torrance Test of Creative Thinking is the most widely used form of creativity test. Although creativity assessed using the figural form of Torrance Test of Creative Thinking has been considered non-unidimensional, the structural correlates for each separable dimension have yet to be explored. The present study investigated the underlying cortical structure of separable dimensions for creativity using the figural Torrance Test of Creative Thinking. To this end, we recruited healthy young adults and conducted a regression analysis of the figural Torrance Test of Creative Thinking scores of gray matter volume after factorizing the five subscales using exploratory factor analysis. As a result, two factors of the figural Torrance Test of Creative Thinking were identified: (1) 'FO' factor consisting of fluency and originality and (2) 'RAS' factor consisting resistance to premature closure, abstractness of titles, and sophistication/elaboration. Subsequently, the FO factor showed a positive association with cerebral volumes in the parieto-temporal regions of the left angular gyrus and the right inferior parietal lobule, inferior and middle temporal, and parahippocampal gyri, which overlapped the default network. The RAS factor showed a positive correlation with the fronto-temporal regions including the bilateral temporal area, the left inferior parietal, and the right dorsolateral prefrontal regions representing the semantic control network. Our findings revealed the morphological substrates for the figural Torrance Test of Creative Thinking depending on two creative dimensions. The implications of the results are discussed.
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Said-Metwaly S, Noortgate WVD, Kyndt E. Methodological Issues in Measuring Creativity: A Systematic Literature Review. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/ctra-2017-0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The growing body of creativity research has raised several challenging issues with regard to the measurement of this construct. This paper aims to provide a review of current challenging methodological issues related to measuring creativity. Five methodological issues are discussed: selecting measurement instruments, sampling, testing conditions, psychometric properties and domain-generality/specificity of creativity. This paper reveals that there remain a number of unresolved issues and serious questions surrounding the measurement of creativity. Research gaps and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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- Sameh Said-Metwaly
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven (University of Leuven), 8500 Kortrijk , Belgium
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- University of Leuven, Kortrijk , Belgium
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Gonzalez-Carpio G, Serrano JP, Nieto M. Creativity in Children with Attention Déficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.4236/psych.2017.83019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Zhang L, Qiao L, Chen Q, Yang W, Xu M, Yao X, Qiu J, Yang D. Gray Matter Volume of the Lingual Gyrus Mediates the Relationship between Inhibition Function and Divergent Thinking. Front Psychol 2016; 7:1532. [PMID: 27752250 PMCID: PMC5047031 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Although previous research provides converging evidence for the role of posterior regions of the brain (including temporal, occipital, and parietal regions) involved in inhibition on creative thinking, it remains unclear as to how these regions influence individual differences in creative thinking. Thus, we explored the relationship between posterior regions (i.e., hippocampal, parahippocampal, lingual gyrus, precuneus, and cuneus), inhibition function, and divergent thinking (DT) in 128 healthy college students. The results revealed that lower inhibition was associated with larger gray matter volume (GMV) in the lingual gyrus, which in turn was associated with higher DT. In addition, GMV in the lingual gyrus mediated the association between inhibition and DT. These results provide new evidence for the role of inhibition in creative thinking. Inhibition may affect the amount of information stored in long-term memory, which, in turn influences DT.
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- Lijie Zhang
- School of Psychology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China; Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Southwest UniversityChongqing, China
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Preiss DD, Grau V, Ortiz D, Bernardino M. What Do We Know About the Development of Creativity in South America? New Dir Child Adolesc Dev 2016; 2016:85-97. [PMID: 27254829 DOI: 10.1002/cad.20157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We review recent research about the development of creativity in South America focusing on studies of individual differences in creativity and educational and developmental studies of children and adolescents' creativity. Most South American researchers are influenced by mainstream psychometric approaches, although computational and cultural approaches are also considered. Two main areas of inquiry are: (a) the relationship between creativity and other constructs, and (b) the structural and cultural inhibitors of creativity in school. Studies conducted beyond the school shed light on the role resilience has in fostering creativity. The lack of studies testing interventions aimed at promoting creativity is concerning. There is also a surprising lack of observational studies related to the pedagogy of creativity. Last but not least, there is a need to advance research on other factors, in addition to the educational ones, that may play a role in fostering creativity in South America.
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Xiao F, Wang L, Chen Y, Zheng Z, Chen W. Dispositional and Situational Autonomy as Moderators of Mood and Creativity. CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/10400419.2015.992683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Krumm G, Aranguren M, Arán Filippetti V, Lemos V. Factor Structure of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Verbal Form B in a Spanish-speaking Population. JOURNAL OF CREATIVE BEHAVIOR 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/jocb.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Gabriela Krumm
- Interdisciplinary Center of Mathematical and Experimental Psychology Research “Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi” (CIIPME); National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET); Argentina
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- National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET); Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA); Argentina
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Mathematical and Experimental Psychology Research “Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi” (CIIPME); National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET); Argentina
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- Interdisciplinary Center of Mathematical and Experimental Psychology Research “Dr. Horacio J. A. Rimoldi” (CIIPME); National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET); Argentina
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