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ERIC Number: EJ231211
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Apr
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Problem Solving and Personality Characteristics Related to Differing Levels of Intelligence and Ideational Fluency.
Houtz, John C.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v5 n2 p118-23 Apr 1980
Eighty gifted children were administered divergent thinking and problem-solving tasks, as well as measures of tolerance for ambiguity, locus of control, and self-esteem. The four comparison groups varied in intelligence quotient and ideational fluency. Results emphasized the consistency among cognitive and affective dimensions of divergent or creative thinking. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Divergent Thinking, Intelligence Quotient, Intermediate Grades, Locus of Control, Mental Rigidity, Personality Traits, Problem Solving, Self Esteem
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ideational Fluency