TY - JOUR
T1 - Different attentional traits, different creativities
AU - Lin, Wei Lun
AU - Hsu, Kung Yu
AU - Chen, Hsueh Chih
AU - Chang, Wan yun
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported partially by a grant to Wei-Lun Lin ( NSC 97-2410-H-431-014 ) and Kung-Yu Hsu ( NSC 98-2410-H-431-004-MY2 ) from National Science Council of Taiwan . The work was also supported by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan , under the Aiming for the Top University Plan at National Taiwan Normal University. We thank Professor Craft and anonymous reviewers for their extremely helpful comments.
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - This study examines the relationships between two aspects of " breadth of attention" (orienting sensitivity and effortful control) and two forms of creativity (divergent thinking and insight problem-solving). It suggests that the two forms of creativity relate differently to the two modes of attention. This distinction has not been made in previous studies. Intelligence and other personality traits were also assessed as control variables. Over 300 participants' responses to the Adult Temperament Questionnaire, the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults, insight-problem tasks, the HEXACO Personality Inventory, and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices were collected. The results showed that, after the effects of intelligence scores and personality traits were controlled for, individuals' performance on insight problem-solving was predicted only by orienting sensitivity, while effortful control could only predicted divergent thinking performance. The relationships between attentional traits and creative performances were discussed.
AB - This study examines the relationships between two aspects of " breadth of attention" (orienting sensitivity and effortful control) and two forms of creativity (divergent thinking and insight problem-solving). It suggests that the two forms of creativity relate differently to the two modes of attention. This distinction has not been made in previous studies. Intelligence and other personality traits were also assessed as control variables. Over 300 participants' responses to the Adult Temperament Questionnaire, the Abbreviated Torrance Test for Adults, insight-problem tasks, the HEXACO Personality Inventory, and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices were collected. The results showed that, after the effects of intelligence scores and personality traits were controlled for, individuals' performance on insight problem-solving was predicted only by orienting sensitivity, while effortful control could only predicted divergent thinking performance. The relationships between attentional traits and creative performances were discussed.
KW - Divergent thinking
KW - Effortful control
KW - Insight problem-solving
KW - Orienting sensitivity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tsc.2012.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.tsc.2012.10.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878644629
SN - 1871-1871
VL - 9
SP - 96
EP - 106
JO - Thinking Skills and Creativity
JF - Thinking Skills and Creativity
ER -