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Exploratory Task Behavior and Creativity in Young Children
Author(s) -
Cohen Stewart
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x7400200405
Subject(s) - creativity , psychology , exploratory research , developmental psychology , task (project management) , exploratory analysis , social psychology , computer science , data science , management , sociology , anthropology , economics
This research investigated some associations between exploratory task behavior and creativity in kindergarten and second grade students. For each grade a short series of specially selected, individually administered exploratory and creativity tasks were presented. Data were collected from 129 boys and girls. Among kindergarten children of both sexes, the exploratory and creativity measures were positively and significantly correlated. However, a different pattern of correlations was observed among. second grade students. Particularly among males, correlations were sharply lower than for the younger children indicating that early established exploration‐creativity relationships may not hold over time. Two possible explanations for these findings include developmental differences and children's exposure to structured learning environments in more advanced grades.