人們如何整合特征信息形成概念？在現實生活中，我們無時不刻不在處理概念信息。因此，理清這一機制對我們尤為重要。為解決這一問題，我們使用系統性多因子技術 (systems factorial technology) 設計一個概念形成實驗 (a concept formation task)，來獲取不同任務條件下概念形成的信息處理容量 (information processing capacity)。之後，受試者將進行包括中文遠距聯想測試 (A version of Chinese Remote Associates Test) 和問題解決測試 (Test of Problem Solving) 在內的兩個創造力測驗。其結果將被用於和概念形成的處理容量做相關分析。實驗結果表明，容量係數的Z分數和兩個版本的創造力得分之間分別存在負相關。說明，在概念形成過程中，創造力亦可能被捲入其中，起到重要作用。

How do individuals integrate attribute information to form a concept? In real life, we have to process such information all the time. Thus, clarifying the processing mechanism is significant, which provides an effective approach for us to understand how human beings interact with the external world. In order to solve this problem, we would adopt systems factorial technology (SFT) to design a concept formation task to explore the processing mechanism of concept formation under two different conditions (under the exhaustive rule: AND condition, under the self-stopping rule: OR condition), especially the processing capacity of concept formation. Then we would require participants to perform a remote associates test (Chinese version) and a problem solving test to verify the whether there was a relationship between the Z-scores of the capacity coefficient and the scores of the creativity tests. The results displayed that there was a negative correlation between capacity and creativity, suggesting during the process of concept formation, creativity could be involved in.

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