Scientific Creativity in Psychology: A Cognitive-Conative Approach

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Author(s): Christiane Kirsch (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Todd Lubart (Université Paris Descartes, France), Herie de Vries (Université Paris Descartes, France)and Claude Houssemand (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 23
Source title: Handbook of Research on Creative Problem-Solving Skill Development in Higher Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Chunfang Zhou (Aalborg University, Denmark)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0643-0.ch003

Keywords: Education / Higher Education / Information Science Reference

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The present research investigates the cognitive and conative profile underlying scientific creativity in psychology. An innovative creativity test including both divergent and convergent thinking was used. Intelligence and personality were also measured. The sample consisted of 121 social science students. Intelligence played a major role for scientific creativity in psychology. With regard to personality, openness and negative agreeableness favored additionally scientific creativity in psychology. In future research, the profile of scientific creativity could be compared with profiles of artistic creativity and everyday creativity.

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