想像力構念之初探

The Exploratory Study on the Construct of Imagination

本研究目的在探究想像力的構念。研究1 由蒐集想像力的文獻，及詢問198 位大學生對想像力的定義來蒐集想像力的詞彙，並歸納出14 類的想像力詞彙，以編製「想像力概念評定作業」。之後，邀請8 位創造與想像力專家被要求以配對比較方式，對想像力詞彙進行相異性評定。經由多向度量尺分析發現，想像力包含「想像產生」、「超越現實」及「想像感受」三個成份。研究2 要求參與者在進行想像作業時儘量以超越現實的標準來生產點子，而研究3 則要求參與者進行想像思考。結果發現，實驗二、三實徵支持了想像力定義模式的超越現實與想像感受構念。本研究所得之想像力構念可引導未來想像力研究與實務。

This study aimed to explore the construct of imagination. In Experiment 1, we collected the imagination-related phrases from the reldrted references, as well as 198 undergraduates' definitions of imaginataion. We classified the imagination-related phrases into 14 categories to establish "Imagination Concept Evaluation Task (ICET)". In addition, Eight experts of imagination were asked to use paired comparison to evaluate the distinctions among the imagination-related phrases. The results of Multidimentional Scaling analysis show that imagination contains three components: imagination production, beyond reality, and imagination response. In Experiment 2, the participants were either required to apply the "beyond reality" skill to create ideas. In Experiment, the participants were or required to perform imagination thinking. The results of Experiment 2 and 3 support that in the Model of Imagination Definition involves the constructs of both beyond reality and imagination. The construct of imagination which we obtained from this study can be as used a guidance for the future studies and the practices regarding imagination.