Relations of imagery, creativity, and socioeconomic status with performance on a stock-market E-trading game.
The purpose of the present investigation was to examine how measures of imagery, creativity, and socioeconomic status relate to performance in a stock-market trading game. The 368 participants were students enrolled in an administration studies curriculum. A multiple regression analysis showed imaging scores to be a predictor of stock-trading performance as were creativity and socioeconomic status to a lesser extent. High imagers and high scorers on creativity and socioeconomic status made several times more profit with their portfolios. Results are discussed in terms of imagery having multiple repercussions on learning, e.g., memory and problem-solving. It is concluded that scores on imagery, creativity, and socioeconomic status, being weakly correlated, are interdependent and likely associated with personality traits shaped within a stimulating home or social environment.
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Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, PQ Canada H4B 1R6.
MacDonald
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D000328:Adult; D003405:Creativity; D005260:Female; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007449:Investments; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology