The Cognitive–Creative Profiles of Insightful Problem Solvers
A Person‐Centered Insight Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21345296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nirit Salmon‐Mordekovich (0000-0002-4433-3304, Gordon Academic College of Education, corresponding author), Mark Leikin (0000-0001-6411-5681, University of Haifa) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 396-413 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Creative Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0175 • E-ISSN: 2162-6057 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jocb.536 |
| OpenAlex | W4213276291 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 59 |
This study aimed to portray insightful problem solvers. Participants solved classic insight problems and rebuses and completed cognitive and creativity tasks. Grouping the participants based on their success in solving insight problems of different modalities revealed that 95% of the spatial problem solvers succeeded in solving verbal ones (spatial verbal solvers) but not vice versa. Verbal problem solvers were not necessarily able to solve spatial ones. A latent class analysis (LCA) based on relationships among the cognitive and creativity variables confirmed these two types of insightful solvers. It portrayed two compatible classes of experts and successful solvers alongside two classes of low‐level solvers. The former classes excelled in solving rebuses and verbal problems, yet the experts outperformed the others in spatial problems. Both classes scored higher in spatial divergent thinking measures than the low‐level solvers. However, the experts benefited additionally from verbal divergent thinking and associative combination ability. Seemingly, should retrieval of diverse ideas be insufficient to solve the problem, the experts combine ideas by a novel association, thereby generating an insight. Moreover, individual differences in working memory indicated that experts favor associative–automatic strategy, whereas successful solvers utilize analytic strategy. These profiles illuminate “insight” in terms of cognitive and creative styles
Association (psychology) · Associative property · Class (philosophy) · Cognition · Cognitive map · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Cognitive style · Creative problem-solving · Creativity · Divergent thinking · Modalities · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Creativity in Education and Neuroscience · Design Education and Practice · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
The nature of human intelligence
Divergent Thinking as an Indicator of Creative Potential
Scoring divergent thinking tests
The associative basis of the creative process.
Complex working memory span tasks and higher-order cognition
Associative abilities underlying creativity.
The cognitive underpinnings of creative thought
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Insight
Creative Cognition and Brain Network Dynamics
Toward a neurocognitive framework of creative cognition
Deciding on the Number of Classes in Latent Class Analysis and Growth Mixture Modeling
The Standard Definition of Creativity
Understanding the confounding effect of fluency in divergent thinking scores
Making space for spatial talent
Verbalization and problem solving
Latent Class Analysis
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |