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5086.1 Conceptualization of creativity: Cross-cultural comparison between Polish and Chinese
samples, Elisabeth Rudowicz 1 , Aleksandra Tokarz 2 , Andrzej Beauvale 2 , Katarzyna Zyla 2 ,
1
Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China,
2
Institute of Psychology Jagiellonian University Poland
The formation and transmission of implicit concepts of creativity occurs through social and
cultural contexts. This paper examines views on creativity and values attached to personal
characteristics associated with the creative personality across two cultures. Polish (N = 609), Hong
Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese (N = 451) undergraduates were rated on 60 and 68
adjectives, respectively for creativity and desirability. The results indicated that the Chinese
perceived creativity in more pragmatic categories, whereas the Poles identified creativity with
artistic and scientific activities. Poles focused more on the cognitive aspects of creativity, whereas
the Chinese on the motivational aspects.
5086.2 The relationship between inquiry study and creativity, Lifang Zhou, China
Most studies on the inquire study in the past based on the view of pedagogy. This paper
investigates the relationship between inquiry study and creativity from the psychological point of
views. Torrance Test of Creative Thinking and Creativity Assessment packet were applied to
compare Chinese language creative thinking ability as well as the creative aptitude between senior
high school students with inquire study leaning. The results indicates: There were significant
differences in Chinese language creativity thinking ability between students with inquiry study
leaning and without inquiry study leaning, but differences in the creativity aptitude do not appear
between the two groups.
5086.3 Survey of the views on implicit intelligence of elementary and middle school teachers,
Lin Yang, Xuejun Bai, Center for psychology and behavior studies of Tianjin Normal University,
China
The views on implicit intelligence of 223 teachers of were investigated. They were asked to list
the characters of clever student of pupils and middle school students. Results indicated middle
school teachers considered the most important character of clever elementary students are
expressivity, inquisitively, tittup et al, and the most important character of clever middle school
students are broad interesting, expressivity, inquisitive et al. The elementary teacher considered
the most important character of clever elementary students are expressivity, tittup, inquisitively et
al, and the most important character of clever middle school students are independence,
self-confidence et al.
5086.4 Creativity in African cultural settings, Elias Mpofu 1 , Kathleen Myambo 2 , Teresa
Mashengo 3 , 1 The Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2 American University in Cairo, Egypt,
3
University of the North, South Africa
The study used ethnographic methods to investigate conceptions of creativity among Africans.
One hundred and thirteen participants from 6 African countries participated in the study. The
sample comprised mainly college students (60%), and females (75%) (Age range 18-62 years;
median age= 28 years). Participants regarded creativity as primarily adaptive in nature, and likely
in individuals with who are open to experiences. Participants from a North African regarded
artistic expression a key indicator of creativity whereas those from Central and Southern Africa
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