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The findings demonstrated that creative thinking, operationally defined as the cognitive ability to generate a large number of original ideas/solutions predicted creative thinking in solving problems in architecture. Research participants were 111 students of architectural design. A strong correlation was found between the predictor and criterion measures, r = .45, p < .001. Creative problem solving in architectural design was more highly correlated with the verbal than with the figural component of the creative thinking measure, r = .51, p< .001 and r = .31, p < .005, respectively. The findings suggest the potential benefits of including both domain-general tests of ideational fluency and domain-specific tests of creative thinking in architectural problem solving in admission procedures for departments of architecture.
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The findings demonstrated that creative thinking, operationally defined as the cognitive ability to generate a large number of original ideas/solutions predicted creative thinking in solving problems in architecture.
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Findings can be considered not only in the design studio, but also as an efficient tool in admission procedures for candidates who intend to study in schools and departments of architecture.
Professor Hernan Casakin
Ariel University
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This page is a summary of: Creative thinking as a predictor of creative problem solving in architectural design students., Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts, February 2010, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/a0016965.
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