Differences in Creative Thinking Between American and Japanese College Students in Education

Fifty-one American and 54 Japanese college students in education were tested to investigate whether there were any cross-cultural differences in creative thinking. No gender differences were found in both cultures, but the American college students had higher scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative...

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Main Author: Saeki, Noriko
Format: Others
Published: DigitalCommons@USU 1997
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6113
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7183&context=etd
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Summary:Fifty-one American and 54 Japanese college students in education were tested to investigate whether there were any cross-cultural differences in creative thinking. No gender differences were found in both cultures, but the American college students had higher scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) figural test than the Japanese college students. The difference was statistically significant and the effect size was large. Very low correlations were found between the TTCT and the American 111 College Testing (ACT) for the American college students and between the TTCT and the Center Test for the Japanese college students.