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An Experiential Thinking Style

Its Facets and Relations With Objective and Subjective Criterion Measures

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ID19280997
AuthorsPaul Norris (0009-0003-0211-3367, Pacific University Oregon, corresponding author), Seymour Epstein (corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume79
Issue5
Pages1043-1080
Publication date2011-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-6494.2011.00718.x
PMID21241307
OpenAlexW2045050817
LanguageEN
Citations received40
References cited26

In Study 1, an experiential factor divided into the following 3 factors when 3 or more factors were extracted: intuition, emotionality, and imagination; whereas a rational factor retained its coherence. In Study 2, an experiential but not a rational thinking style was positively associated with performance measures of creativity, humor, aesthetic judgment, and intuition and with self-report measures of empathy and social popularity. A rational thinking style was associated with several measures of adjustment. Both thinking styles were positively related to personal growth. Support was provided from several sources for the discriminant validity of the experiential facets. In a third study, the independence of the 2 thinking styles and of gender differences in self-reported data were verified by observations by others of participants' thinking styles. The importance of identifying facets of an experiential thinking style and of discovering previously unrecognized favorable attributes of this thinking style was discussed

Cognition · Cognitive style · Convergent thinking · Creative thinking · Creativity · Divergent thinking · Empathy · Experiential learning · Intuition · Mathematics education · Style (visual arts) · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Empathy and Medical Education · Psychology · Social Psychology

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