Zhao Yuan, Yuan Yuan, Shen Wangbing, Zhu Chuanlin, Liu Dianzhi
School of Education, Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
School of Rehabilitation Science, Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Special Children's Impairment and Intervention, Nanjing Normal University of Special Education, Nanjing, China.
PeerJ. 2019 Sep 26;7:e7776. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7776. eCollection 2019.
Convergent creativity is a form of creative thinking that uses existing knowledge or traditional methods to analyze available information and generate an appropriate solution. The differences in the performance of participants in convergent creativity caused by bilingual learning is a popular research area in creativity. A final sample of 68 participants was asked to complete the remote associates test (RAT). The results indicate that a moderate positive correlation exists between bilingual learning and convergent creativity. Students who want to study abroad perform better on the RAT than those who do not, and this effect is mediated by second language proficiency. These findings suggest that improving students' English proficiency and increasing their opportunities to study abroad may be effective ways to promoting convergent creativity.
聚合性创造力是一种创造性思维形式，它运用现有知识或传统方法来分析可得信息并生成恰当的解决方案。双语学习导致的参与者在聚合性创造力表现上的差异是创造力领域一个热门的研究方向。最终选取了68名参与者组成样本，要求他们完成远距离联想测验（RAT）。结果表明，双语学习与聚合性创造力之间存在中等程度的正相关。想要出国留学的学生在远距离联想测验中的表现优于那些不出国的学生，并且这种效应是由第二语言熟练度介导的。这些研究结果表明，提高学生的英语水平以及增加他们出国留学的机会可能是促进聚合性创造力的有效途径。
