The influence of Cognitive inhibition to Creative Scientific Problem Finding: Mediating Effect of Field Cognitive Style

Abstract

Abstract: 105 undergraduates were recruited to complete the Mittenecker Pointing Test, creative scientific problem finding task and embedded figure test, to measure of cognitive inhibition, creative scientific problem finding and field cognitive style respecticely. The results show that 1)Cognitive inhibition showed significant positive relationship with creative scientific problem finding performance and this relationship was moderated by problem finding situation, which showed that cognitive inhibition predicted individuals′ problem finding performance significantly only in open situation, not in closed situation. 2)Field cognitive style mediated the relationship between cognitive inhibition and creative scientific problem finding performance in open situation, which showed that individuals who have high cognitive inhibition were inclined to perform field independence, and then could find more creative scientific problems in open situation.

Key words: cognitive inhibition, creative scientific problem finding, field cognitive style, the mediating effect.

摘要： 以105名大学生为被试,考察了认知抑制能力与创造性科学问题提出之间的关系,以及认知风格的中介作用。结果表明：（1）个体的认知抑制能力与创造性科学问题提出之间呈现正相关,对于个体在开放性情境下的问题提出流畅性、灵活性和独创性可以起到显著的正向预测作用;对于封闭性问题情境下的预测作用则并不显著。（2）认知风格在认知抑制能力与开放性情境下的创造性科学问题提出之间的关系中具有中介作用,主要表现为认知抑制能力高的个体具有更强的场独立倾向,进而在开放性情境下的创造性科学问题提出活动中表现更好。

关键词: 认知抑制, 创造性科学问题提出, 认知风格, 中介作用。

Hu Weiping, Cheng Lifang, Jia Xiaojuan, Han Meng, Chen Yinghe. The influence of Cognitive inhibition to Creative Scientific Problem Finding: Mediating Effect of Field Cognitive Style[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2015, 13(6): 721-728.

胡卫平, 程丽芳, 贾小娟, 韩蒙, 陈英和. 认知抑制对创造性科学问题提出的影响：认知风格的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2015, 13(6): 721-728.

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