Interrelationships Between Certain Abilities and Certain Traits of Motivation and Temperament

Merrifield, Philip R.; Guilford, J. P.; Christensen, P. R.; Frick, J. W.

doi:10.1080/00221309.1961.9920461

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“…Ruch and Ruch (1980) provided validity evidence for the EAS, and the measure yielded a coefficient alpha of 0.70 in this study. To examine divergent thinking, Merrifield, Guilford, Christensen, and Frick's (1962) consequences test required participants to think of as many potential consequences of five unlikely events, such as "What would happen if everyone lost the ability to read and write? ", as they could in 10 min.…”

Section: Covariatesmentioning

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Strategies for leader cognition: Viewing the glass “half full” and “half empty”

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Mumford

2012

The Leadership Quarterly

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Section: Covariatesmentioning

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Strategies for leader cognition: Viewing the glass “half full” and “half empty”

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Mumford

2012

The Leadership Quarterly

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“…Creative thinking skills were measured using Guilford's (Merrifield, Guilford, Christensen, & Frick, 1962) consequences measure. The 5 items presented on this test ask people to identify the likely outcomes of change events (e.g., what would happen if everyone lost the ability to read and write).…”

Section: Control Measuresmentioning

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Conditions of problem-solving and the performance of charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic leaders: A comparative experimental study

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Mumford

2008

The Leadership Quarterly

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“…Guilford and his research group developed several metaphor completion tasks (e.g., simile insertion and simile completion) as part of their research on verbal fluency (Christensen andGuilford, 1963 andMerrifield et al, 1963). Similar tests appear in the Kit of Factor-Referenced Cognitive Tests (Ekstrom, French, Harman, & Dermen, 1976).…”

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Making creative metaphors: The importance of fluid intelligence for creative thought

2012

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The relationship between intelligence and creativity remains controversial. The present research explored this issue by studying the role of fluid intelligence (Gf) in the generation of creative metaphors. Participants (n = 132 young adults) completed six nonverbal tests of Gf (primarily tests of inductive reasoning) and were then asked to create metaphors that described a past emotional experience. The metaphors were rated for creative quality. Latent variable models found that Gf explained approximately 24% of the variance in metaphor quality (standardized beta = .49), consistent with the view that creative ideation engages executive processes and abilities. The effect of Gf remained substantial after including personality (the Big Five factors) in the model. The discussion considers implications for the debate over intelligence and creativity as well as for the cognitive abilities involved in metaphor production. Are intelligent people more creative, or are intelligence and creativity independent abilities? This question is one of the enduring controversies in the psychology of creativity (Kaufman, 2009 andWallach andKogan, 1965). In the present work, we take a new slant on this problem by examining the role of fluid intelligence (Gf) in the production of creative metaphors. This work extends studies of creative cognition to a new domain, provides further support for our view that intelligence is central to creative thought (Nusbaum & Silvia, 2011a), and contributes to the emerging literature on how people make metaphors (Chiappe & Chiappe, 2007). The creativity-and-intelligence controversy

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Interrelationships Between Certain Abilities and Certain Traits of Motivation and Temperament

Cited by 25 publications

References 10 publications

Strategies for leader cognition: Viewing the glass “half full” and “half empty”

Strategies for leader cognition: Viewing the glass “half full” and “half empty”

Conditions of problem-solving and the performance of charismatic, ideological, and pragmatic leaders: A comparative experimental study

Making creative metaphors: The importance of fluid intelligence for creative thought

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