Giancola Marco, Palmiero Massimiliano, Piccardi Laura, D'Amico Simonetta
Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Jun 25;12(7):212. doi: 10.3390/bs12070212.
Previous studies explored the relationships between field dependent-independent cognitive style (FDI) and creativity, providing misleading and unclear results. The present research explored this problematic interplay through the lens of the Geneplore model, employing a product-oriented task: the Visual Creative Synthesis Task (VCST). The latter requires creating objects belonging to pre-established categories, starting from triads of visual components and consists of two steps: the preinventive phase and the inventive phase. Following the Amabile's consensual assessment technique, three independent judges evaluated preinventive structures in terms of originality and synthesis whereas inventions were evaluated in terms of originality and appropriateness. The Embedded Figure Test (EFT) was employed in order to measure the individual's predisposition toward the field dependence or the field independence. Sixty undergraduate college students (31 females) took part in the experiment. Results revealed that field independent individuals outperformed field dependent ones in each of the four VCST scores, showing higher levels of creativity. Results were discussed in light of the better predisposition of field independent individuals in mental imagery, mental manipulation of abstract objects, as well as in using their knowledge during complex tasks that require creativity. Future research directions were also discussed.
以往的研究探讨了场依存-独立认知风格（FDI）与创造力之间的关系，但其结果具有误导性且不明确。本研究通过基因探索模型的视角，采用一项以产品为导向的任务：视觉创意合成任务（VCST），来探究这种有问题的相互作用。后者要求从视觉组件三元组开始创建属于预先设定类别的物体，并且由两个步骤组成：预发明阶段和发明阶段。按照阿马比尔的共识评估技术，三名独立评委从原创性和综合性方面评估预发明结构，而从原创性和适当性方面评估发明。采用镶嵌图形测验（EFT）来测量个体对场依存或场独立的倾向。60名本科大学生（31名女性）参与了该实验。结果显示，在VCST的四项得分中，场独立个体的表现均优于场依存个体，展现出更高水平的创造力。鉴于场独立个体在心理意象、抽象物体的心理操作以及在需要创造力的复杂任务中运用知识方面具有更好的倾向，对结果进行了讨论。还讨论了未来的研究方向。
