Fig. 8: Mediation model showing creativity predicting learning through associative thinking when accounting for general intelligence.
From: Creativity supports learning through associative thinking
Description of the second mediation model in study 2, testing whether associative thinking mediates the relationship between a latent creativity factor and learning, beyond intelligence. gc_vocabulary = crystallized intelligence, advanced vocabulary knowledge; gf_cattell = fluid intelligence, series completion task; gr_animals = broad retrieval ability, animal fluency task; writing = DSI average scores from 3 short stories; drawing = AuDrA average scores from 7 drawings; openness = BFAS openness; semdis = difference score between semantic distance on free and goal-directed verb generation task; d1_learn = Number of correctly recalled LET words on day 1; d2_learn = Number of correctly recalled LET words on day 2. N = 145.
