Compliance with Cultural Rules of Children Having Different Level of Creativity

Abstract

The objective of the research is to reveal 5-6-year-old children's observation of rules generally accepted in culture. We assumed that children with a high level of creativity display less compliance with rules in comparison with children having a low level of creativity. The results of the research have confirmed this assumption: children with high creativity have less degree of compliance with cultural rules. The empirical research reveals creativity through studying of children's drawings when the child is offered to finish the drawing of the given figures. Child's compliance with rules – cultural congruence - is found out by means of the technique based on parents’ expert evaluations. The revealed connection between creativity and cultural congruence is of practical value when it comes to the assessment of the child's behavior with a high level of creativity. The obtained results can be used in the psychological follow-up of gifted children with a high level of creativity experiencing difficulties of non-compliance with typical cultural rules in the standard social interaction.