Children produced more original alternative uses (net of fluency and flexibility) in a low stimulus environment than in a high stimulus environment¶
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q3 i2 Children in the low stimulus condition outperformed children in the high stimulus condition on decorrelated originality, with a medium effect size. → van Dijk 2020
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van Dijk 2020¶
van Dijk, M., Blom, E., Kroesbergen, E. H., & Leseman, P. P. M. (2020). The Influence of Situational Cues on Children’s Creativity in an Alternative Uses Task and the Moderating Effect of Selective Attention. Journal of Intelligence, 8(4), 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence8040037
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ANOVA on the decorrelated originality measure (fluency and flexibility partialled out) in a between-subjects experiment with 70 children randomly assigned within classes to low (n = 36) or high (n = 34) stimulus conditions. The "main effect of condition was statistically significant with a medium effect size" (η2 = 0.08).
"The main effect of condition was statistically significant with a medium effect size, F(1, 62) = 5.41, p = 0.02, η2 = 0.08, indicating that children in the low stimulus environment outperformed children in the high stimulus environment."
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Related Claims¶
- Fluency in the Alternative Uses Task was unaffected by stimulus condition and unrelated to selective attention
- The multivariate effect of stimulus condition and selective attention on the combined creativity measures showed a significant condition × selective attention interaction
- Selective attention moderated the effect of stimulus condition on children’s originality: better selective attention favoured the low stimulus environment, weaker selective attention the high stimulus environment
- Children with better selective attention were more flexible (used more different conceptual categories) in the Alternative Uses Task — related
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Children produced more original alternative uses (net of fluency and flexibility) in a low stimulus environment than in a high stimulus environment |
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Children produced more original alternative uses (net of fluency and flexibility) in a low stimulus environment than in a high stimulus environment |
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