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Peer reviewedConey, Jeffrey; Serna, Peta – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1995
To evaluate Mednick's theory of the creative thinking process, an associative priming paradigm was used to measure latencies to lexical decisions primed by associations of low, medium, or high strength with 20 high-creative and 20 low-creative high school students. Mednick's theory that creative individuals show a flatter associative hierarchy…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Peer reviewedMumford, Michael D.; Feldman, Jack M.; Hein, Michael B.; Nagao, Dennis J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2001
This study with 432 college students examined how variables influence the relative performance of groups and individuals on creative problem-solving tasks. Having more ideas available (through a priming manipulation) led to better individual performance. Group performance, however, was enhanced by training appropriate to problem content that…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSaeki, Noriko; Fan, Xitao; Van Dusen, Lani – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2001
Cross-cultural differences in creative thinking were assessed for 51 American and 54 Japanese college students. The American students showed significantly higher scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) figural test than the Japanese students. No gender differences were found in either culture. TTCT performance did not correlate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Students, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewedAlexander, Patricia A.; And Others – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1994
This study examined the creative problem solving of 100 young children (prekindergarten to grade 2) in response to both realistic and fanciful story problems. Solutions were evaluated for fluency, elaboration, flexibility, originality, effectiveness, and realism. Although children's performance improved with age and experience, their solutions…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedLipshitz, Raanan; Waingortin, Mario – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1995
Two hypotheses derived from the theory of action identification, which predicts that people are more likely to adopt a novel course of action if they concentrate on the "how" rather than the "why" aspects of their behavior, were tested with 95 undergraduate students. Hypotheses examined how the level of action identification…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, College Students
Peer reviewedWagner, Christian – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1996
This article argues that, if creativity is measured by outcomes, then basic forms of reasoning (deduction, induction, abduction, specialization/generalization, and elementary memory associations) can be considered mildly creative. The claim is backed by references to computer programs that have generated creative outcomes. Limitations of this…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Oriented Programs, Creative Thinking
