A study in problem solving in the engineering sciences

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dc.contributor.advisor Du Preez, Elizabeth en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Kleinot, Karen Deborah en
dc.date.accessioned 2013-09-07T12:18:03Z
dc.date.available 2005-09-06 en
dc.date.available 2013-09-07T12:18:03Z
dc.date.created 2004-12-06 en
dc.date.issued 2006-09-06 en
dc.date.submitted 2005-09-06 en
dc.description Dissertation (MA (Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2006. en
dc.description.abstract This study investigated the link between creative thought and intuition. These concepts were defined in terms of two psychometric tests used to measure personality and interest. The two tests used were the 19 Field Interest Inventory (19FII) and the Jung Personality Questionnaire (JPQ). Intuition was measured on a continuum in terms of Jung’s conceptualisation of intuition- sensation. Creative thought was conceived as both a cognitive and an unconscious process. The research was quantitative in nature. A comparison was done between the scores obtained on the personality questionnaire (JPQ) and the interest inventory (19FII) in order to determine if there was a link between intuition and creative thought. These results were inconclusive. Thereafter the study investigated whether the subjects enrolled for an engineering degree who used intuition as their dominant auxiliary function performed well in a course designed to promote creative thought. The results were inconclusive and this might be due to the small sample group and numerous variables that were not controlled. en
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dc.description.department Psychology en
dc.identifier.citation Kleinot, K 2004, A study in problem solving in the engineering sciences, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27783 > en
dc.identifier.upetdurl http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09062005-121925/ en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27783
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights © 2004, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. en
dc.subject Intuition as cognitive conscious and unconscious f en
dc.subject Jung en
dc.subject Intuition-sensation en
dc.subject Information processing en
dc.subject Stages in problem-solving en
dc.subject Creative thought en
dc.subject 19 field interest inventory (19fii) en
dc.subject Jung personality questionnaire (jpq) en
dc.subject UCTD en_US
dc.title A study in problem solving in the engineering sciences en
dc.type Dissertation en


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