The Relationships between Gender, Birth Order, Family Structure, Emotion, Creative Personalities and Technological Creativity of Fifth Graders Pei-jen Chang Abstract The main purposes of this study were (a) to investigate the differences of fifth graders¡¦ performances on technological creativity in different induced moods; and (b) to explore the relationships between gender, birth order, family structure, emotional straits, creative personalities and the fifth graders¡¦ performances on technological creativity. An unequal group pretest-posttest design was employed in this study. The participants consisted of 3 classes of fifth graders, randomly distributed into 3 groups: the experimental group A (n = 42) which received positive mood induction, the experimental group B (n = 33) which received negative mood induction, and the controlled group (n = 38) which didn¡¦t received any treatment. The employed instruments were The Questionnaire of Emotional Traits, The Questionnaire of Emotional States, The Inventory of Personal Traits to The Development of Technological Creativity, and The Test of Technological Creativity. The applied analysis methods were Descriptives, Multiple Analysis of Variance, Multivariate Analysis of Covariance, and Canonical Correlation. The findings and conclusions of this study were as follows: 1.Induced positive moods were a better facilitator for the fifth graders¡¦ performance on technological creativity than induced negative moods as well as neutral moods. 2.Positive emotional traits were able to promote the fifth graders¡¦ performance on the invention of creative products. 3.Gender differences in the fifth graders¡¦ technological creative performance were evident. While the boys¡¦ abilities to combine technological concepts were better than the girls¡¦, but their abilities to invent creative products were worse than the girls¡¦. 4.Birth order and family structure had no significant effects on the fifth graders¡¦ technological creative performance. 5.Personal traits had significant effects on the fifth graders¡¦ performance on the invention of creative products. Among all personal traits, ¡§knowledge¡¨ had the most significant effect on the fifth graders¡¦ technological creative performance. 6.Gender, birth order, family structure, mood, emotional traits, and creative personalities had significant correlations, and gender had the highest correlation with technological creativity of the fifth graders. Finally, some suggestions were proposed for teachers, relative educational institutions, parents and further study.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T13:31:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Vera Rita de Mello Ferreira.pdf: 1305531 bytes, checksum: e0eda02d980a9828958a84072155a449 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-02-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The main goal of this thesis is to offer data useful for the constitution and consolidation of Economic Psychology in Brazil. The underlying hypothesis is that information about this area may stimulate interest in it and create favourable conditions to build a network of researchers, based on interdisciplinary cooperation. A historical perspective has been adopted, employing the analytical-descriptive method. Introduc tion to this area, that belongs to the interface Psychology-Economics, comprehends an overview of its situation in countries where it has already been established, historical roots and origins, and the main models formulated by relevant contemporary authors within it. Historical perspectives, definitions of the discipline and three essential concepts rationality, economic behaviour and decision- making are discussed throughout this research. The last two chapters offer two models: the first one aims to contribute to the issue of decisionmaking and is based on psychoanalytical theories and observations, focusing the polarity illusion vs. thinking, supported by the conception of emotions prevailing over reason; the second one discusses potential insertions for Economic Psychology in Brazil, emphasizing the importance of informing the population on their economic behaviour and how decisions are made, which would include both knowledge about Economics and its mechanisms, and psychological operations as well, in order to help people to take over their own decision- making processes in the economic realm. It is suggested that data gathered in this research may expand the premises over which economic policies are routinely elaborated so as to bring them closer to a more realistic level, both externally and psychologically / Esta tese tem como objetivo fornecer subsídios para a construção e instalação da Psicologia Econômica no Brasil, partindo-se da hipótese de que o conhecimento deste campo possa despertar o in teresse por ele e facilitar a constituição de uma rede de pesquisadores com colaboração interdisciplinar. Desenvolvida a partir de uma perspectiva histórica, adota o método analítico-descritivo. A apresentação da área, situada na interface Psicologia-Economia, tem início com uma visão panorâmica da situação atual nos países em que se encontra constituída. A seguir, percorre-se suas origens e principais modelos, elaborados por autores contemporâneos, a partir de obras que se destacam dentro dela. A perspectiva histórica, definições da disciplina e três conceitos básicos racionalidade, comportamento econômico e tomada de decisões estão presentes em todo o trabalho. Os dois últimos capítulos oferecem propostas: a primeira é um modelo que se pretende que contribua para a investigação das decisões econômicas, fundamentado em teorias e observações psicanalíticas, com foco sobre a polaridade ilusão e pensar, que repousa na concepção do mundo emocional que sobrepõe-se à razão; a segunda proposta discute possíveis modos de inserção da Psicologia Econômica no Brasil, com ênfase sobre a importância de proporcionar-se condições para informar a população acerca de seu comportamento econômico e maneiras como decisões são tomadas neste âmbito, que contemplaria tanto dados sobre a Economia, como conhecimentos sobre nosso funcionamento psíquico, com o objetivo de favorecer a apropriação, por parte de todos os segmentos, das escolhas que fazem. Ainda dentro esta perspectiva, sugere-se que a reunião destes dados possa expandir as premissas que sustentam inúmeras políticas econômicas, de modo a torná-las mais condizentes com nossa realidade externa e psíquica