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A New Perspective on the Multidimensionality of Divergent Thinking Tasks
In the presented work, a shift of perspective with respect to the dimensionality of divergent thinking (DT) tasks is introduced moving from the question of multidimensionality across DT scores (i.e., fluency, flexibility, or originality) to the question of multidimensionality within one holistic sco...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6509740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31130899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00985 |
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author | Forthmann, Boris Bürkner, Paul-Christian Szardenings, Carsten Benedek, Mathias Holling, Heinz |
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description | In the presented work, a shift of perspective with respect to the dimensionality of divergent thinking (DT) tasks is introduced moving from the question of multidimensionality across DT scores (i.e., fluency, flexibility, or originality) to the question of multidimensionality within one holistic score of DT performance (i.e., snapshot ratings of creative quality). We apply IRTree models to test whether unidimensionality assumptions hold in different task instructions for snapshot scoring of DT tests across Likert-scale points and varying levels of fluency. It was found that evidence for unidimensionality across scale points was stronger with be-creative instructions as compared to be-fluent instructions which suggests better psychometric quality of ratings when be-creative instructions are used. In addition, creative quality latent variables pertaining to low-fluency and high-fluency ideational pools shared around 50% of variance which suggests both strong overlap, and evidence for differentiation. The presented approach allows to further examine the psychometric quality of subjective ratings and to examine new questions with respect to within-item multidimensionality in DT. |
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spelling | pubmed-65097402019-05-24 A New Perspective on the Multidimensionality of Divergent Thinking Tasks Forthmann, Boris Bürkner, Paul-Christian Szardenings, Carsten Benedek, Mathias Holling, Heinz Front Psychol Psychology In the presented work, a shift of perspective with respect to the dimensionality of divergent thinking (DT) tasks is introduced moving from the question of multidimensionality across DT scores (i.e., fluency, flexibility, or originality) to the question of multidimensionality within one holistic score of DT performance (i.e., snapshot ratings of creative quality). We apply IRTree models to test whether unidimensionality assumptions hold in different task instructions for snapshot scoring of DT tests across Likert-scale points and varying levels of fluency. It was found that evidence for unidimensionality across scale points was stronger with be-creative instructions as compared to be-fluent instructions which suggests better psychometric quality of ratings when be-creative instructions are used. In addition, creative quality latent variables pertaining to low-fluency and high-fluency ideational pools shared around 50% of variance which suggests both strong overlap, and evidence for differentiation. The presented approach allows to further examine the psychometric quality of subjective ratings and to examine new questions with respect to within-item multidimensionality in DT. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6509740/ /pubmed/31130899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00985 Text en Copyright © 2019 Forthmann, Bürkner, Szardenings, Benedek and Holling. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Forthmann, Boris Bürkner, Paul-Christian Szardenings, Carsten Benedek, Mathias Holling, Heinz A New Perspective on the Multidimensionality of Divergent Thinking Tasks |
title | A New Perspective on the Multidimensionality of Divergent Thinking Tasks |
title_full | A New Perspective on the Multidimensionality of Divergent Thinking Tasks |
title_fullStr | A New Perspective on the Multidimensionality of Divergent Thinking Tasks |
title_full_unstemmed | A New Perspective on the Multidimensionality of Divergent Thinking Tasks |
title_short | A New Perspective on the Multidimensionality of Divergent Thinking Tasks |
title_sort | new perspective on the multidimensionality of divergent thinking tasks |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6509740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31130899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00985 |
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