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A Comparative Study of Creative Thinking of American And Japanese College Students
Author(s) -
SAEKI NORIKO,
FAN XITAO,
DUSEN LANI
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.2001.tb01219.x
Subject(s) - torrance tests of creative thinking , aptitude , psychology , test (biology) , creative thinking , mathematics education , creativity , developmental psychology , social psychology , paleontology , biology
Cross‐cultural differences in creative thinking were assessed for 51 American and 54 Japanese college students. The American college students showed statistically significantly higher scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) figural test than the Japanese college students. No gender differences were found in either culture. Performance on the TTCT did not correlate with the performance on broad academic aptitude/achievement measures for either culture.