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Peer reviewedMellou, Eleni – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Discusses the reciprocal, interactionist activity of creativity. Suggests an explanation of how specific characteristics of personality, cognitive style, and situation develop creativity. Notes that these factors are interrelated--none is sufficient for creativity by itself--and that creativity can be explained only by a model that encompasses all…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Creative Development, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewedSaracho, Olivia N. – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Cognitive styles are broad, systematic characteristics that influence people's responses in different situations. Field dependence independence (FDI) is the cognitive style construct that has generated the most research. Describes the FDI characteristics in young children's social behaviors, including their social orientation, people-versus-object…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
