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Title: Creativity and two modes of associative fluency: Chains and Stars.
Authors: Levin, Iris
Source: Journal of Personality. Sep78, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p426. 12p.
Subjects: Creative ability testing, Psychology of college students, Education, Fluency (Language learning), Communicative competence, Remote associates test, Association tests
Abstract: The article discusses the relationship between creativity and associative fluency. Specifically, the relationship between creativity and associative fluency was reexamined in light of a proposed distinction between two modes of associative fluency, chains and stars. In this study, chained associations were defined as a series of responses, each related to the preceding one, and star associations as a series of responses, all of which are focused on the original stimulus word. Further, an analysis of the continuous associations produced orally by 96 university students in response to a single presentation of a stimulus word indicated that they produced associations of both types interchangeably. Chain and star fluency were found to be inversely correlated at a low order, suggesting that they are two distinct associative modes. As expected in this study, chain fluency was highly related to creativity, as measured by a Hebrew version of Remote Associates Test while star fluency was unrelated to it.
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  Data: The article discusses the relationship between creativity and associative fluency. Specifically, the relationship between creativity and associative fluency was reexamined in light of a proposed distinction between two modes of associative fluency, chains and stars. In this study, chained associations were defined as a series of responses, each related to the preceding one, and star associations as a series of responses, all of which are focused on the original stimulus word. Further, an analysis of the continuous associations produced orally by 96 university students in response to a single presentation of a stimulus word indicated that they produced associations of both types interchangeably. Chain and star fluency were found to be inversely correlated at a low order, suggesting that they are two distinct associative modes. As expected in this study, chain fluency was highly related to creativity, as measured by a Hebrew version of Remote Associates Test while star fluency was unrelated to it.
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