Liu Hui, Wang Fei-xue, Yang Xiao-yang
Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
PLoS One. 2015 Apr 9;10(4):e0122926. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122926. eCollection 2015.
People use dialectical thinking to be holistic, reconcile contradictions, and emphasize changes when processing information and managing problems. Using a questionnaire survey, this study examined the relationship between dialectical thinking and creative personality in the Chinese culture, which encourages a holistic and collective thinking style. Undergraduates majoring in different subjects and adults in different professions were surveyed. The results showed that 1) compared with undergraduates majoring in art and adults from the design industry, undergraduates majoring in other disciplines significantly showed the least creative personality; 2) the highest score for dialectical thinking was found in the group of undergraduates who majored in other disciplines, followed by the adult group, and the undergraduates majoring in art had the lowest score; and 3) A negative relationship between dialectical thinking and creative personality was found mostly in the UMA group. The limitations of this study and suggestions for future research are discussed.
人们在处理信息和解决问题时运用辩证思维来做到全面、调和矛盾并强调变化。本研究通过问卷调查,考察了在中国文化背景下鼓励整体和集体思维方式的辩证思维与创造性人格之间的关系。对不同专业的本科生和不同职业的成年人进行了调查。结果表明:1)与艺术专业本科生和设计行业成年人相比,其他学科专业的本科生创造性人格表现明显最少;2)辩证思维得分最高的是其他学科专业的本科生组,其次是成年组,艺术专业本科生得分最低;3)辩证思维与创造性人格之间的负相关主要出现在其他学科专业本科生组。讨论了本研究的局限性及对未来研究的建议。