A social and personality psychologist thinks that creativity differs by personality traits, rather than the traditional view that it is a cognitive process. Specifically, this psychologist thinks that introverts are more creative than extraverts. The researcher gives a personality test to a group of 16 university students and then separates them based on the assessment results into 2 groups: the extraverts and the introverts. The participants are then asked to write a short story which is rated on creativity by a well-known author. The creativity scores range from 0 to 20 on an interval scale, where higher scores
A social and personality psychologist thinks that creativity differs by personality traits, rather than the traditional view that it is a cognitive process. Specifically, this psychologist thinks that introverts are more creative than extraverts. The researcher gives a personality test to a group of 16 university students and then separates them based on the assessment results into 2 groups: the extraverts and the introverts. The participants are then asked to write a short story which is rated on creativity by a well-known author. The creativity scores
Extroverts | Introverts |
8 | 18 |
7 | 17 |
11 | 10 |
3 | 14 |
5 | 16 |
8 | 15 |
7 | 19 |
4 | 12 |
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