ABSTRACT

Divergent thinking involves the ability to find many different and new responses or solutions to open-ended problems. The ability to think divergently has been associated with different cognitive processes, including intuitive and rational thinking styles. However, research has not specifically addressed the extent to which divergent thinking is associated to decision-making styles, which involve habits to react in a certain way in specific decisional contexts. The present study was devoted to explore the relationships between verbal and visual divergent thinking, assessed using the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, and decision-making styles (e.g., rational, intuitive, dependent, avoidant, and spontaneous), assessed using the General Decision-Making Style inventory. The scores of both verbal and visual divergent thinking (e.g., fluency, flexibility, originality; elaboration only for visual divergent thinking) were converted in z-scores and summed separately in order to get verbal and visual composite creative indices. Results revealed that only and rational decision-making style predicted both creative indices. This finding confirms the key role of rationality during the creative process. Possible explanations for the lack of significance of intuitive decision-making style are presented. Future research directions are also discussed.

摘要

发散性思维涉及找到开放性问题的许多不同且新的响应或解决方案的能力。发散思维的能力与不同的认知过程相关，包括直观和理性的思维方式。但是，研究还没有具体解决发散性思维与决策风格相关的程度，决策风格涉及在特定决策环境中以某种方式做出反应的习惯。本研究致力于探索使用创造性思维的托伦斯测验评估的言语和视觉发散思维之间的关系，以及使用一般决策评估的决策风格（例如理性，直觉，依赖，回避和自发）。 -制作样式库存。语言和视觉发散思维的得分（例如流利度，灵活性，独创性；仅针对视觉发散思维的细化）转换为z得分，并分别进行求和，以获取言语和视觉综合创意指数。结果表明，只有理性的决策风格才能预测两个创造力指标。这一发现证实了理性在创作过程中的关键作用。提出了缺乏直观决策风格重要性的可能解释。还讨论了未来的研究方向。提出了缺乏直观决策风格重要性的可能解释。还讨论了未来的研究方向。提出了缺乏直观决策风格重要性的可能解释。还讨论了未来的研究方向。