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Creativity and Preschool Children
Author(s) -
Fu Victoria R.
Publication year - 1977
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 - 10.1177/1077727x7700600203
Subject(s) - originality , fluency , creativity , middle class , psychology , torrance tests of creative thinking , developmental psychology , significant difference , class (philosophy) , mathematics education , creative thinking , product (mathematics) , social psychology , mathematics , computer science , statistics , artificial intelligence , political science , law , geometry
The purpose of this study was to investigate the creative performance of 48 preschool children from middle and lower income homes. The Picture Construction, The Unusual Uses, and The Product Improvement Tests of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (1966b, 1966c) were used for measuring performance. A significant sex difference ( F = 5.32, p <.05) was noted in creative originality. The boys produced more original ideas than the girls. A social class difference ( F = 4.00, p <.05) was found in favor of the middle class chil dren in creative fluency ability.