Objective: This study shows creative problem solving process of infants aged 0-2 through a touchscreen task.
Methods: We presented problem solving tasks with smart-phones to 140 infants between 9 and 33 months old and collected problem solving indicators to examine the creative problem solving process.
Results: The study found that some of the problem solving indicators had a correlation with time indices, number of attempts, effective attempt ratio(EAR) and monthly age. There was a gender gap in problem solving indicators, and problem solving indicators were strongly interrelated, and the number of entry pattern(NEP) was important in a creative problem solving success.
Conclusions: And through the results of NEP which predicted success in problem solving, this study showed the importance of the role of divergent thinking and generative factors in the infant’s creative problem solving process. These results suggest the need to provide infants with ample opportunities for free navigation and spontaneous attempts in the nurturing environment and education scene.