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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED216079 AUTHOR: Haley, Gay Lyons
TITLE: Creative Response Styles: The Effects of
Socioeconomic Status and Problem Solving Training.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1982
NOTE: 32 p.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association (New York, NY,
March 22, 1982).
ABSTRACT: A major component of the creative problem solving
process is divergent production, or the generation of
alternative solutions to an open ended problem. Such
solutions may be expressed in different forms or creative
response styles: the verbal mode of expression involves
stating solutions; the kinetic mode involves demonstrating
solutions; and the integrative mode refers to
simultaneously stating and demonstrating solutions. In an
experiment with black preschool children, subjects from
socioeconomically advantaged backgrounds tended to be more
verbally creative, while those from disadvantaged
backgrounds were more kinetically creative. The differences
suggest that creative response styles may be affected by
environmental influences, socialization, and schooling in
different socioeconomic contexts. Systematic training in
sociodrama (an integrative problem solving method) or in
verbal problem solving appeared to enhance kinetic
expressiveness but not verbal creativity, suggesting that
at early stages of development, children are more able to
express problem solutions through kinetic and integrative
modes than through the verbal mode. Furthermore, the
results indicate that creativity can be taught, and that
deciding to train is more important than choosing between
specific training approaches. (Author/MJL)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Blacks-; Creativity-Research;
Developmental Stages; Preschool-Education; Role-Playing
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Cognitive-Style; *Creativity-; *Divergent
Thinking; *Problem-Solving; *Socioeconomic-Status; *Young
Children
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