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Abstract

Threshold theory is one of the theories which is used to explain the relationship between creative thinking skills and intelligence. According to this theory, an individual is supposed to have at least moderate intelligence to perform creative activities. However, it has been seen that there is a greater relationship between the creativity potential and intelligence of individuals with an average intelligence, whose score is 120 or less, than those with an intelligence score of 120 or more. The research was maintained in the descriptive pattern out of survey models. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between creativity potentials of primary school students and general intelligence level. In the study, 16.839 students from 24 different primary schools in Istanbul were pre-assessed. An intelligence and creativity test was applied to 330 students who were considered to be gifted. According to the research results, while there was not a significant relationship between the intelligence and creativity scores of highly gifted students, there is a significant low positive relationship between the scores of average-mildly intelligence students and moderately gifted students. These results are in accordance with the threshold theory. Also, intelligence could only explain the 5% of the general creativity.

Keywords

• Threshold theory, creativity potential, gifted. Purpose and significance: In the international literature, there are contradictory results in the studies which investigated Threshold theory. In Turkey, a study which investigated Threshold theory has not

Yaratıcılık - Zekâ İlişkisi: Yeni Deliller

Öz

Eşik değer, yaratıcı düşünme becerileri ile zekâ arasındaki ilişkinin açıklanmasında kullanılan hipotezlerden birisidir. Bu hipoteze göre bireyin yaratıcı performans sergileyebilmesi için en az orta düzey bir zekâya sahip olması gerektiği varsayılır. Ancak, 85-120 IQ puan aralığında zekâya sahip olan bireylerin yaratıcılıkları ile zekâları arasındaki ilişkinin, 120’nin üzerinde zekâya sahip olan bireylerden daha yüksek çıkması beklenmektedir. Bu araştırmada, ilköğretim öğrencilerinin yaratıcılık potansiyelleri ile genel zekâ düzeyi arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada, İstanbul’da bir ilçedeki 24 farklı ilköğretim okulundan 16.839 çocuk ön değerlendirmeye alınmıştır. Üstün zekâlı olduğu kanaati oluşan 330 öğrenciye zekâ ve yaratıcılık testi uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda, yüksek düzeyde üstün zekâlı öğrencilerin zekâ ve yaratıcılık puanları arasında anlamlı bir ilişki çıkmaz iken, normal - parlak öğrenciler ile orta düzeyde üstün zekâlı öğrencilerin puanlarının anlamlı düşük düzeyde pozitif bir ilişkisi olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu sonuçlar, eşik değer hipotezini desteklemektedir. Ayrıca, bu çalışmada zekâ genel yaratıcılık potansiyelinin %5’ini açıklayabilmiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Eşik değer hipotezi, yaratıcılık potansiyeli, üstün zekâ

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