Mark Runco

Divergent Thinking

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The research presented in this volume suggests that divergent thinking is an important component of the creative process. Divergent thinking tests are probably the most commonly used measure of children's potential for creative thinking. There are a number of unanswered questions about children's divergent thinking and creativity which are answered throughout the volume and may be identified as themes in the research. The first theme is that the capacity for divergent thinking may not be normally distributed across all levels of ability (a relevant premise is that creative abilities are not evenly distributed across domains of performance and achievement). A second theme is that divergent thinking is influenced by the conditions under which it is assessed. A third theme of the book is methodological; several chapters explore existing evaluations of divergent thinking tests. A final theme is that divergent thinking is important for both basic and applied research. From the perspective of basic research, the divergent thinking model offers an empirically supported view of a cognitive process. From the applied perspective, divergent thinking can be viewed as one component of giftedness and predictive of several expressions of real-world creativity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 315g
• ISBN-13: 9780893917166
• ISBN-10: 0893917168
• Artikelnr.: 21890181

Autorenporträt

Mark A. Runco

Inhaltsangabe

Preface DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES Parental Divergent Thinking Birth-Order and
Family Size Independence and Creativity Television, Radio, and Children's
Creativity EDUCATIONAL ISSUES Teachers' Judgements of Creativity Enhancing
the Originality of Ideas Enhancing the Flexibility of Ideas Problem Finding
and CreativityEnvironmental Cues and Divergent Thinking DIMENSIONS OF
DIVERGENT THINKING Ideational Originality Ideational Flexibility Four
Indices of Divergent Thinking High and Low Divergent Thinkers ISSUES OF
VALIDITY Predicting Creative Performance from Divergent Thinking The
Interaction of IQ and Ideational Fluency A Factor Analysis of Divergent
Thinking Test Scores The Threshold of Intelligence Associative Hierarchies
OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS Objectivity in the Measurement of Creative
Thinking Future Research and Practical Suggestions The Author Author Index
Subject Index