Procesos Cognitivos de la Creatividad en Estudiantes Universitarios/Cognitive Processes Related to Creativity in University Students

One of the leading trends in the study of creativity refers to the cognitive processes used to solve tasks which require a great level of creativity or divergent thinking. The aim of this piece of research is to study the creative cognitive processes in a sample of university students, and analyse t...

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Published in:Educatio siglo XXI : revista de la Facultad de Educación 2014-05, Vol.32 (2), p.41
Main Authors: García, Rosario Bermejo, Prieto, María Mercedes Ferrando, Gómez, Marta Sainz, Martínez, Gloria Soto, Melero, María José Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Cognition & reasoning
Creativity
Higher education
University students
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Summary:One of the leading trends in the study of creativity refers to the cognitive processes used to solve tasks which require a great level of creativity or divergent thinking. The aim of this piece of research is to study the creative cognitive processes in a sample of university students, and analyse the type of processes used depending on the specific knowledge domain of their degree (technical areas, social studies, humanities and health domain). To do so a total of 236 students with different backgrounds took the Miller's questionnaire on cognitive processes (Miller, 2009; 2013 forthcoming). The questionnaire is composed of 28 items aimed at assessing the following processes: idea manipulation, perspective-taking, flow, analogical-me- taphorical thinking, generation of ideas, and incubation. In this piece of research the participating 240 students come from different degrees done at Murcia and Cartagena Universities. The results show that there are statistical significant differences in the use of those processes depending on the students' background. Those studying Infant Education score higher than their peers, whereas students of the Speech Therapy degree score significantly lower than their peers.
ISSN:1699-2105
1989-466X