Postformal thinking and creativity among late adolescents: A post-piagetian approach

Adolescence

Volumn 43, Issue 170, 2008, Pages 237-251

  Wu, Pai Lu ^a   Chiou, Wen Bin ^b  

^a CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; STUDENT; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; THINKING;

EID: 48249154701     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Amabile, T. M. (1983). The social psychology of creativity. New York: Springer-Verlag.
2. Arlin, P. K. (1984). Adolescent and adult thought. In M. L. Commons, F. A. Richards, & C. Armon (Eds.), Beyond formal operations: Late adolescent and adult cognitive development (pp. 258-271). New York: Praeger.
3. Basseches, M. (1980). Dialectical schemata: A framework for the empirical study of the development of dialectical thinking. Human Development, 23, 400-421.
4. Basseches, M. (1984). Dialectical thinking and adult development. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
5. Basseches, M. (1989). Dialectical thinking as an organized whole: Comments on Irwin and Kramer. In M. L. Commons, J. D. Sinnott, F. A. Richards, & C. Armon (Eds.), Adult development: Comparisons and applications of developmental models (pp. 161-178). New York: Praeger.
6. Benack, S. (1984). Postformal epistemologies and the growth of empathy. In M. L. Commons, F. A. Richards, & C. Armon (Eds.), Beyond formal operations: Late adolescent and adult cognitive development (pp. 340-356). New York: Praeger.
7. Chiou, W. (in press). College students' role models, learning style preferences, and academic achievement in collaborative teaching: Absolute thinking versus relativistic thinking. Adolescence.
8. Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (1979). Quasi-Experimentation. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
9. Gruber, H. E. (1984). The emergence of a sense of purpose: A cognitive case study of young Darwin. In M. L. Commons, F. A. Richards, & C. Armon (Eds.), Beyond formal operations: Late adolescent and adult cognitive development (pp. 3-27). New York: Praeger.
10. Guilford, J. P. (1967). The nature of human intelligence. New York: Harper & Row.
11. Hair, J. F., Anderson, R. E., Tatham, R. L., & Black, W. C. (1998). Multivariate data analysis (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
12. Kahlbaugh, P. E. (1989). William James: A clarification of the contextual worldview. In D. A. Kramer & M. J. Bopp (Eds.), Transformation in clinical and developmental psychology (pp. 73-88). New York: Springer-Verlag.
13. Kahlbaugh, P. E., & Kramer, D. A. (1995). Relativism and identity crisis in young adulthood. Journal of Adult Development, 2, 63-70.
14. King, P. M., Kitchener, K. S., Davison, M. L., Parker, C. A., & Wood, P. K. (1983). The justification of beliefs in young adults: A longitudinal study. Human Development, 26, 106-115.
15. Koestler, A. (1964). The art of creation. New York: Macmillan.
16. Koplowitz, H. (1984). A projection beyond Piaget's formal-operations stage. In M. L. Commons, F. A. Richards, & C. Armon (Eds.), Beyond formal operations: Late adolescence and adult cognitive development (pp. 272-295). New York: Praeger.
17. Kramer, D. A. (1983). Post-formal operations? A need for further conceptualization. Human Development, 26, 91-105.
18. Kramer, D. A. (1989). A developmental framework for understanding conflict resolution processes. In J. D. Sinnott (Ed.), Everyday problem solving in adulthood (pp. 133-152). New York: Praeger.
19. Kramer, D. A. (1990). A scoring manual for assessing absolute, relativistic, and dialectical thinking. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
20. Kramer, D. A., & Melchior, J. (1990). Gender, role, conflict, and the development of relativistic and dialectical thinking. Sex Roles, 23, 553-575.
21. Kramer, D. A., & Woodruff, D. S. (1986). Relativistic and dialectical thought in three adult age-groups. Human Development, 29, 280-290.
22. Kramer, D. A., Kahlbaugh, P. E., & Goldston, R. B. (1992). A measure of paradigm beliefs about the social world. Journal of Gerontology, 47, 180-189.
23. Labouvie-Vief, G. (1982). Dynamic development and mature autonomy. A theoretical prologue. Human Development, 25, 161-196.
24. Lin, C., & Wang, M. (1994). The Creativity Assessment Packet. Taipei, Taiwan: Psychological Publishing Company.
25. Manzo, A. V. (1992, December). Dialectical thinking: A generative approach to critical / creative thinking. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.
26. Perry, W. G. (1970). Forms of intellectual and ethical development in the college years: A scheme. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
27. Piaget, J. (1950). The psychology of intelligence. New York: International Universities Press.
28. Piaget, J. (1980). Experiments in contradictions. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
29. Piaget, J. (1985). The equilibration of cognitive structures (B. Terrance & K. J. Thampy, Trans.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
30. Ross, R. J. (1977). The development of formal thinking and creativity in adolescents. Adolescence, 11, 609-617.
31. Rothenberg, A. (1976). The process of Janusian thinking in creativity. In A. Rothenberg & C. R. Hausman (Eds.), The creativity question. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
32. Rothenberg, A., & Hausman, C. R. (1976). The creativity question. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
33. Rybash, J. M., & Roodin, P. A. (1989). Making decisions about health-care problems: A comparison of formal and postformal modes of competence. In M. L. Commons, J. D. Sinnott, F. A. Richards, & C. Armon (Eds.), Adult development: Comparisons and applications of developmental models (pp. 217-238). New York: Praeger.
34. Sebby, R. A., & Papini, D. R. (1994). Postformal reasoning during adolescence and young adulthood: The influence of problem relevancy. Adolescence, 29, 389-400.
35. Sinnott, J. D. (1981). The theory of relativity: A metatheory for development? Human Development, 24, 292-311.
36. Sinnott, J. D. (1984). Postformal reasoning: The relativistic stage. In M. L. Commons, F. A. Richards, & C. Armon (Eds.), Beyond formal operations: Late adolescent and adult cognitive development (pp. 298-325). New York: Praeger.
37. Sinnott, J. D. (1989). A model for solution of ill-structured problems: Implications for everyday and abstract problem solving. In J. D. Sinnott (Ed.), Everyday problem solving: Theory and applications (pp. 72-99). New York: Praeger.
38. Sternberg, R. J. (2001). What is the common thread of creativity? Its dialectical relation to intelligence and wisdom. American Psychologist, 56, 360-362.
39. Torrance, E. P. (1962). Guiding creative talent. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
40. Torrance, E. P. (1966). Torrance tests of creative thinking: Norms-technical manual (Research Ed.). Princeton, NJ: Personnel Press.