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Ovington, Linda A.; Saliba, Anthony J.; Goldring, Jeremy – Creativity Research Journal, 2016
This article reports the development of a brief self-report measure of dispositional insight problem solving, the Dispositional Insight Scale (DIS). From a representative Australian database, 1,069 adults (536 women and 533 men) completed an online questionnaire. An exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis revealed a 5-item scale, with all…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Measurement Techniques, Factor Analysis, Construct Validity
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Chuderski, Adam; Jastrzebski, Jan – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2017
The "nothing-special" account of insight predicts positive correlations of insight problem solving and working memory capacity (WMC), whereas the "special-process" account expects no, or even negative, correlations. In the latter vein, DeCaro, Van Stockum Jr., and Wieth (2016) have recently reported weak negative WMC…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Intuition, Correlation, Problem Solving
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Miller, Angie L.; Dumford, Amber D. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2016
This paper explores whether or not students in higher education settings are using creative cognitive processes, how these processes are related to deep approaches to learning, and in what types of settings and students these processes are most prevalent. Data collected from 8,724 students at 17 institutions participating in the 2010 National…
Descriptors: Creativity, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, College Students