Can we Really Have an Integrative Theory of Creativity? The Case of Creative Cognition

Reiter‐Palmon, Roni

doi:10.15290/ctra.2014.01.02.13

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“…Creativity is a multifaceted construct (Dietrich, 2019) and its underlying cognitive processes are not well specified (Reiter‐Palmon, 2014). This study contributes to a clearer understanding of the processes implicated in creative thinking in an under‐researched sample, namely older adults.…”

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Creativity in Older Adults: Elucidating the Interactions between Cognitive Functions Underlying Creativity and the Role of Demographic Variables

Alcock,

Ferreira‐Correia,

Cockcroft

2023

Journal of Creative Behavior

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Creativity involves generating novel and valuable ideas. While the importance of creative thinking is widely acknowledged, its cognitive basis is poorly understood, particularly in older adults. This study aimed to develop and test an explanatory model of creative thinking to elucidate its underlying cognitive functions in an elderly sample. The role of demographic variables, including age, multilingualism, socioeconomic status (SES), level of education, and gender in creative thinking was also investigated. One hundred and twenty‐five participants aged 65 years and above‐completed measures of divergent, convergent and associative thinking, as well as task‐switching, inhibition and fluid intelligence. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analyzed the relationships between these cognitive functions, and group differences assessed whether there were significant differences in the cognitive measures based on the demographic variables. Creative thinking appeared to entail the cooperation between divergent and convergent thinking, which both rely on associative thinking, suggesting an associative basis of creative thinking. Creative thinking involved fluid intelligence and task‐switching, but not inhibition, recasting it as a higher‐order function. This study supports the dual‐process account of creative thinking by demonstrating an associative basis and the role of executive functions. Differences among education and SES groups occurred for most cognitive functions analyzed. These findings inform prevailing theoretical frameworks of creative thinking.

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Creativity in Older Adults: Elucidating the Interactions between Cognitive Functions Underlying Creativity and the Role of Demographic Variables

Alcock,

Ferreira‐Correia,

Cockcroft

2023

Journal of Creative Behavior

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“…For example, a problem solver might ask themselves, “why is this a problem worth solving,” or “which problem among a set of problems should be solved.” Indeed, a key decision for team members early in the creative problem-solving process is how the team will define and commonly understand the presenting problem. Unfortunately, there is limited team-level research regarding how teams construct problems, or what cognitive activities underly the endeavor of arriving at a shared problem representation (Reiter-Palmon, 2014). Two notable challenges to this line of research hinder such inquiries.…”

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The Emergence of Problem Construction at the Team-Level

Leone

Japp

Reiter‐Palmon

2023

Small Group Research

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The present study progresses the understanding of the role problem construction plays in team creative problem-solving. Analyzing recorded teamwork sessions revealed that teams spent the great majority of their time engaged in problem construction behaviors (53.56% of data) compared to idea generation (28.03%), or idea evaluation (18.56%). A social sequence analysis did not reveal any statistically significant sequences of processes utilized by teams. We discuss the breakdown of specific behaviors within each class, provide qualitative descriptions of team processes, and discuss how problem construction was employed and observed at the team level.

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The Triangle of Creativity

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The Nature of Human Creativity

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Can we Really Have an Integrative Theory of Creativity? The Case of Creative Cognition

Cited by 7 publications

References 22 publications

Creativity in Older Adults: Elucidating the Interactions between Cognitive Functions Underlying Creativity and the Role of Demographic Variables

Creativity in Older Adults: Elucidating the Interactions between Cognitive Functions Underlying Creativity and the Role of Demographic Variables

The Emergence of Problem Construction at the Team-Level

The Triangle of Creativity

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