Speaker
Description
Creativity is defined as a process that involves both generation and evaluation of ideas.Cognitive style refers to how people acquire, organize, and use information and is related to creativity.Amongst all cognitive styles, the explanatory power of the field-dependent (global) or independent (local) cognitive style has been widely recognized. Unlike field-dependent subjects, field-independent individuals usually show less difficulty in separating information from the surrounding context, and are generally more focused on relevant information, inhibiting attention to the environment. Through two different tasks, we explore how individuals' cognitive style influence their approach to generating and assessing creative ideas. This study employs a multifaceted approach to assess creativity and cognitive styles, specifically through the Navon Task.In this task, participants are presented with large letters comprised of smaller letters, and are asked to identify either the large letter (global task) or the smaller letters (local task).Moreover, participants complete the Creativity Evaluation Task to evaluate the capacity for discernment between common, inappropriate, and genuinely creative ideas and the Alternative Uses Task to assess creative production by prompting participants to generate alternative uses for a common object.While in the CET participants should judge already produced ideas about alternative uses of common objects for their novelty and appropriateness, in the AUT they produce ideas which are then evaluated for originality, flexibility, and elaboration.All tasks were digitized and administered using the PsyToolkit platform, ensuring standardized administration. Currently, the study is actively engaged in the data collection phase, wherein participants are undergoing cognitive assessments and completing the designated tasks.
| If you're submitting a poster, would you be interested in giving a blitz talk? | Yes |
|---|
