Individual differences in children's innovative problem-solving are not predicted by divergent thinking or executive functions.
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SUBMITTER: Beck SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4780532 | biostudies-other | 2016 Mar
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Individual differences in children's innovative problem-solving are not predicted by divergent thinking or executive functions.
Beck Sarah R SR Williams Clare C Cutting Nicola N Apperly Ian A IA Chappell Jackie J
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20160301 1690
Recent studies of children's tool innovation have revealed that there is variation in children's success in middle-childhood. In two individual differences studies, we sought to identify personal characteristics that might predict success on an innovation task. In Study 1, we found that although measures of divergent thinking were related to each other they did not predict innovation success. In Study 2, we measured executive functioning including: inhibition, working memory, attentional flexibi ...[more]
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