Individual differences in children's innovative problem-solving are not predicted by divergent thinking or executive functions

被引：41

作者：

Beck, Sarah R. ^{[1
]}

Williams, Clare ^{[1
]}

Cutting, Nicola ^{[1
]}

Apperly, Ian A. ^{[1
]}

Chappell, Jackie ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Birmingham, Sch Psychol, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England

[2] Univ Birmingham, Sch Biosci, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England

来源：

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | 2016年 / 371卷 / 1690期

关键词：

innovation; cognitive development; individual differences; COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING; INHIBITORY CONTROL; WORKING-MEMORY; YOUNG-CHILDREN; TOOL USE; BEHAVIOR; TASK; MIND; PERFORMANCE; CREATIVITY;

D O I：

10.1098/rstb.2015.0190

中图分类号：

Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Recent studies of children's tool innovation have revealed that there is variation in children's success in middle-childhood. In two individual differences studies, we sought to identify personal characteristics that might predict success on an innovation task. In Study 1, we found that although measures of divergent thinking were related to each other they did not predict innovation success. In Study 2, we measured executive functioning including: inhibition, working memory, attentional flexibility and ill-structured problem-solving. None of these measures predicted innovation, but, innovation was predicted by children's performance on a receptive vocabulary scale that may function as a proxy for general intelligence. We did not find evidence that children's innovation was predicted by specific personal characteristics.

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