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The present study investigated how levels of rule-orientation behavior and sex relate to creative functioning. Thirty male and 30 female undergraduates were given the Arrow-Dot task in order to derive high and low levels of three rule-orientations: rule-governed, rule-violation, and rule-overconformity. Ss were also administered the Circles task in order to obtain indexes of originality and elaboration. Six 2 × 2 factorial analyses of variance, with originality and elaboration as dependent variables, sex and level of rule-orientation behavior as independent variables provided tests of three hypotheses: (1) females high in rule-governed behavior will be more creative than males high in rule-governed behavior, (2) females high in rule-violation behavior will manifest less creative ability than males high in rule-violation behavior, and (3) females showing high rule-overconformity behavior will be more creative than males high in rule-oversubscription. Statistically, the first hypothesis was partially confirmed as reflected in the main effects for rule-governed levels. Other hypotheses were not supported.

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Relationship between Creativity,Sex,and Rule-Orientation Behavior

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