Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students?

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Autor(a) principal: Morais, Maria de Fátima
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Almeida, Leandro S., Azevedo, Maria Ivete, Necka, Edward
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/48312
Resumo: This paper analyses the contribution of specific cognitive functions on creative performance. The main question was which cognitive variables differentiate extreme levels of creative performance and therefore can characterize highly creative college students. A sample of Portuguese university students of Fine Arts and Literature (n=166) took part in this study. A battery of verbal and figural cognitive tasks, as well as two kinds of creative tasks (text and poster production) have been considered. Results showed that there were mostly the same cognitive dimensions (figurative reasoning, divergent thinking, insight problem solving, and problem-finding), which differentiate extreme levels of creative performance in both text and poster productions. These results are discussed considering the relevance of the cognitive approach to explain creativity. Some practical ideas, possible to put into the educational context, are also discussed.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students?
title Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students?
spellingShingle Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students?
Morais, Maria de Fátima
Creativity
Cognition
University students
Divergent thinking
Cognitive functions
Creative production
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
title_short Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students?
title_full Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students?
title_fullStr Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students?
title_full_unstemmed Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students?
title_sort Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students?
author Morais, Maria de Fátima
author_facet Morais, Maria de Fátima
Almeida, Leandro S.
Azevedo, Maria Ivete
Necka, Edward
author_role author
author2 Almeida, Leandro S.
Azevedo, Maria Ivete
Necka, Edward
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Morais, Maria de Fátima
Almeida, Leandro S.
Azevedo, Maria Ivete
Necka, Edward
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Creativity
Cognition
University students
Divergent thinking
Cognitive functions
Creative production
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
topic Creativity
Cognition
University students
Divergent thinking
Cognitive functions
Creative production
Ciências Sociais::Psicologia
description This paper analyses the contribution of specific cognitive functions on creative performance. The main question was which cognitive variables differentiate extreme levels of creative performance and therefore can characterize highly creative college students. A sample of Portuguese university students of Fine Arts and Literature (n=166) took part in this study. A battery of verbal and figural cognitive tasks, as well as two kinds of creative tasks (text and poster production) have been considered. Results showed that there were mostly the same cognitive dimensions (figurative reasoning, divergent thinking, insight problem solving, and problem-finding), which differentiate extreme levels of creative performance in both text and poster productions. These results are discussed considering the relevance of the cognitive approach to explain creativity. Some practical ideas, possible to put into the educational context, are also discussed.
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