Open AccessHand Preference and Creativity of Papua University Student
Author(s) -
Viona Yolanda Putri,
Elda Irma Jeanne Joice Kawulur,
Febriza Dwiranti,
Sabarita Sinuraya,
Sita Ratnawati
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
jurnal penelitian pendidikan ipa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2460-2582
pISSN - 2407-795X
DOI - 10.29303/jppipa.v8i1.914
Subject(s) - creativity , preference , hand preference , left handed , psychology , adjective , social psychology , developmental psychology , statistics , mathematics , laterality , noun , artificial intelligence , computer science , physics , optics
Human has a preference to use their hands for various manual activities. Left-handed preference is people who tend to use their left hand to perform various manual activities, while right-handed people tend to use right-handed. Any researches show that the left-handed preference for more creativity was influenced by the dominant use of the right brain and bigger corpus callosum. The research aims to determine the percentage of left-handed preference and their creativity in Universitas Papua, Manokwari Papua Barat. The method used in this research is the descriptive method. Data collection used a questionnaire to evaluate individual hand preference using Handedness Questionnaire and to determine individual creativity using Adjective Check List. The percentage of left-handed people in UNIPA were 9.3% or lower than right-handed and higher than ambidextrous. Our study supports the statement about selection in handedness in the traditional society which showed a higher percentage of left-hander as advantages related to using hand intensively. The percentage of left-handed males and females was almost equal and strongly left-handed was higher in females. The percentage of creative people was higher in left-handed, especially in males