In children, shifting is a more powerful predictor of creativity than fluid and crystallized intelligence¶
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Currency · newest study 2018 · checked against its sources 2026-10-19 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q3 i? The study's findings indicate shifting predicts children's creativity more powerfully than fluid or crystallized intelligence. → Krumm 2018
Evidence¶
Krumm 2018¶
Krumm, Gabriela Liliana; Arán Filippetti, Vanessa; Gutierrez Saez, Marisel Luisa. (2018). The contribution of executive functions to creativity in children: What is the role of crystallized and fluid intelligence?. Thinking Skills and Creativity. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2018.07.006
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Authors' summary conclusion from the correlational and SEM analyses of 209 8- to 13-year-olds: "shifting is a more powerful predictor of creativity than fluid and crystallized intelligence". No comparative effect size is printed in the available text.
"These findings suggest that EFs differently support creativity in children and that shifting is a more powerful predictor of creativity than fluid and crystallized intelligence."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Creativity — outcome: instruction changes it
- General Cognitive Ability — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
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- After controlling for children's level of intelligence, only shifting and inhibition make a significant contribution to creativity — related
- Updating ability, together with openness, explains a substantial part of the shared variance between fluid intelligence and creativity. — related
- Openness to experience predicts creativity but not fluid intelligence, and further reduces the residual intelligence–creativity correlation to a trend. — related
- Intelligence and creativity share more variance than the traditional assumption of distinct abilities holds — related
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In children, shifting is a more powerful predictor of creativity than fluid and crystallized intelligence |
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In children, shifting is a more powerful predictor of creativity than fluid and crystallized intelligence |
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