Aha! Voila! Eureka! Bilingualism and insightful problem solving

被引：44

作者：

Cushen, Patrick J. ^{[1
]}

Wiley, Jennifer ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Psychol, Chicago, IL 60607 USA

来源：

LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES | 2011年 / 21卷 / 04期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Bilingualism; Creativity; Insight; Problem solving; CREATIVITY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.lindif.2011.02.007

中图分类号：

G44 [教育心理学];

学科分类号：

0402 ; 040202 ;

摘要：

What makes a person able to solve problems creatively? One interesting factor that may contribute is experience with multiple languages from an early age. Bilingual individuals who acquire two languages by the age of 6 have been shown to demonstrate superior performance on a number of thinking tasks that require flexibility. However, bilingual advantages have yet to be identified particularly on insight problems that are used as a model of creative problem solving following initial impasse. As such, the goal of the present study was to investigate the influence of language experience on problem solving performance on a matched set of insight and non-insight problems. Results demonstrate an interaction between type of problem (insight versus non-insight) and language status. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：458 / 462

页数：5

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