[en] 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. Whereas the analysis focused on intelligence in the cognitive domain, it focused on personality in the conative domain. The sample consisted of 121 social science students. Results stayed in line with the established hypotheses. Intelligence played a major role for scientific creativity in psychology. With regard to personality, openness and negative agreeableness additionally favored scientific creativity in psychology. In future research, the profile of scientific creativity could be compared with the one of artistic creativity and everyday creativity.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Kirsch, Christiane; Marconi Institute for Creativity, Bologna
Lubart, Todd; Université Paris Descartes
de Vries, Herie
Houssemand, Claude ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Scientific creativity in psychology: Cognitive-Conative Approach
Publication date :
2016
Main work title :
Handbook of research on creative problem-solving skill development in higher education
