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ERIC Number: ED661363
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-2713-3745
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What Kind of Questions Do Creative People Ask?
Selcuk Acar; Kelly Berthiaume; Rebecca Johnson
Grantee Submission, Journal of Creativity v33 Article 100062 2023
Asking questions is a key characteristic of creativity and an important component of the creative process. Although much evidence has supported the association between asking questions and creativity, less research has examined the "nature of questions" asked by creative persons. In this study, we investigated the relation between creativity indicators--fluency and originality--and three types of questions: Open- vs. Closed-Ended questions, Possibility thinking, and Temporal thinking. To examine these relationships, we conducted four sets of analyses using questions posed by a sample of undergraduate students (n = 165) in two divergent thinking tasks (i.e., Activity 1 -- Asking Questions and Activity 6 -- Unusual Questions) from two different forms (i.e., Form A and Form B) of an earlier version of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking--Verbal. Results indicated that participants with higher originality and fluency scores were more likely to ask Open-Ended Questions. Additionally, creativity indicators were significantly associated with Possibility Thinking Questions in Activity 6, and Temporal Thinking Questions in Form A -- Activity 1. We discussed the implications of the findings and potential reasons for varied results.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305A200519
Author Affiliations: N/A