Title: Interpersonal and intrapersonal evaluations of creative ideas
Abstract: In addition to divergent ideation, creative cognition requires specific evaluative strategies. Two evaluative skills were compared in this investigation, and the correlations of each with divergent thinking, critical thinking, and a measure of ‘preference for ideation’ were examined. One evaluative skill involved interpersonal judgments, and the other intrapersonal judgments. Correlational analyses indicated that there was a significant canonical correlation between inter- and intrapersonal evaluative scores (Rc = 0.63). There was also a significant correlation between intrapersonal evaluative accuracy and divergent thinking (Rc = 0.45), and a significant correlation between interpersonal evaluative accuracy and the preference for ideation (R = 0.31). Importantly, examinees were significantly more accurate when evaluating the uniqueness rather than the popularity of their own ideas, but significantly more accurate when evaluating the popularity rather than the uniqueness of ideas given by others. The highest percentage of correct identifications was for interpersonal evaluations, where 42% of the popular ideas were correctly identified. The lowest category was intrapersonal evaluations, where only 21% of the popular ideas were correctly identified. Finally, both inter- and intrapersonal evaluative scores had discriminant validity, being unrelated to standardized measures of critical thinking. These results are discussed in the context of current theories of creative thinking.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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