Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 513-521.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.05.01

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The Impact of Individual and Material Variables on Creative Problem Finding Ability

LIU Chunhui1, LIN Chongde2   

  1. 1. National innovation Center for Assessment of Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2015-09-15 Published:2015-09-15

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Abstract: This study investigates 139 college students in order to explore the impact of individual and material variables on creative problem finding ability by using a 2 (information literacy: high, low)×2 (critical thinking disposition: high, low)×2 (the amount of information: large, little)×2 (critical situation: with, without)mixed factorial design. Creative problem finding ability was be evaluated from four aspects of fluency, flexibility, uniqueness and profundity.The results are as following: (1)Critical thinking disposition played a moderating effect between information literacy and critical problem finding ability. (2)From the material variables, the ability of creative problem finding was higher when the larger amount of information was presented in a critical situation. (3)Individual variables and material variables had an interaction effect in the dimension of flexibility and uniqueness. The students who had higher information literacy or critical thinking disposition obtained a higher score in flexibility in a critical situation, and the other students had a higher level of flexibility without a critical situation; the students who had higher information literacy or critical thinking disposition obtained a higher level of uniqueness in a critical situation, however, the critical situation did not have the effect on the other students.

Key words: undergraduate, creative problem finding, information literacy, critical thinking disposition, material variables

CLC Number: 

  • B844

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