– Ph.D. Department of Psychology, Yale University.
– M. Phil., Department of Psychology, Yale University.
– M. Sc., Department of Psychology, Yale University.
– Sociólogo y Licenciado en Sociología, P. Universidad Católica de Chile.
– Psicólogo y Licenciado en Psicología, P. Universidad Católica de Chile
Soy Profesor Titular de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Obtuve mi M.Sc., M.Phil. y Ph.D. en Psicología en Yale University, donde estudié como becario Fulbright. Mi formación de pregrado la realicé en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, donde me formé profesionalmente en Psicología y Sociologia.
Mis principales áreas de interés académico son la psicología de la creatividad, las diferencias individuales en habilidades complejas tales como la escritura o las competencias digitales, y la psicología del proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje, con un particular interés en el aula chilena.
Además de mi trabajo académico, cultivo la escritura de poesía.
El corazón de mi actividad docente se ha concentrado en estos cursos: Procesos Psicológicos Básicos; Teorías de la Cognición; Psicología de la Creatividad; Psicología de la Evolución y la Cultura.
Asimismo, he supervisado y superviso diversas tesis en los programas de Magister en Psicología Educacional y Doctorado en Psicología así como en programas de otras unidades académicas de la UC.
Mis actividades de extensión universitaria incluyen participación en cursos y programas de desarrollo de la creatividad, psicología educacional, formación continua docente y desarrollo de liderazgo. He participado también en diversas actividades de extensión relacionadas con la promoción de la creatividad y la innovación en las organizaciones. Adicionalmente, he desarrollado labores de consultoría en el desarrollo de instrumentos de medición de habilidades y competencias.
Principal Investigator
Co-Investigator and other roles
Papers WoS / Scopus
Preiss, D. D. (2022). Metacognition, mind wandering, and cognitive flexibility: Understanding creativity. Journal of Intelligence, 10(3), 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10030069
Oyarzo, P., Preiss, D. D., & Cosmelli, D. (2022). Attentional and meta-cognitive processes underlying mind wandering episodes during continuous naturalistic reading are associated with specific changes in eye behavior. Psychophysiology, 59, e13994. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13994
Sternberg, R. J., Glaveanu, V., Karami, S., Kaufman, J. C., Phillipson, S. N., & Preiss, D. D. (2021). Meta-Intelligence: Understanding control and interactivity between creative, analytical, practical, and wisdom-based approaches in problem solving. Journal of Intelligence, 9(2), 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence9020019
Barbot, B., Hein, S., Trentacosta, C., Beckmann, J. F., Bick, J., Crocetti, E., Liu, Y., Rao, S. F., Liew, J., Overbeek, G., Ponguta, L. A., Scheithauer, H., Super, C., Arnett, J., Bukowski, W., Cook, T. D., Côté, J., Eccles, J. S., Eid, M., Hiraki, K., … van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2020). Manifesto for new directions in developmental science. New directions for child and adolescent development, 2020(172), 135–149. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20359
Preiss, D. D. (2020). The psychology of schooling and cultural learning: Some thoughts about the intellectual legacy of the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition. Mind, Culture and Activity. 27(2), 165-171.https://doi.org/10.1080/10749039.2019.1609042
Torres Irribarra, D., Ibaceta M. & Preiss, D.D. (2019). (2019) Positive and negative mind wandering: an assessment of their relationship with mindfulness and metacognition in university students / Divagación mental positiva y negativa: evaluando su relación con la atención plena y la metacognición en estudiantes universitarios, Studies in Psychology, 40, 3, 664-701. https://doi.org/10.1080/02109395.2019.1679457
Barraza, P., Preiss, D. D., & Pardo, M. (2019). The development of creativity in Chilean kindergarten and school children / Desarrollo de la creatividad en párvulos y escolares chilenos. Studies in Psychology, 40(3), 608–634. https://doi.org/10.1080/02109395.2019.1655220
Preiss, D. D., Ibaceta, M., Ortiz, D., Carvacho, H., & Grau, V. (2019). An exploratory study on mind wandering, metacognition, and verbal creativity in Chilean high school students. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(1118), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01118
Preiss, D. D., Grau, V., Torres Irribarra, D., & Calcagni, E. (2018). Metacognition, self-regulation, and autonomy support in the Chilean mathematics classroom: An observational study. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018(162), 115–136. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20260
Claro, M., Salinas, A., Cabello-Hutt, T., San Martín, E., Preiss, D. D., Valenzuela, S., & Jara, I. (2018). Teaching in a Digital Environment (TIDE): Defining and measuring teachers’ capacity to develop students’ digital information and communication skills. Computers & Education, 121, 162–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMPEDU.2018.03.001
Grau, V., Calcagni, E., Preiss, D. D., & Ortiz, D. (2017). Teachers’ professional development through university–school partnerships: theoretical standpoints and evidence from two pilot studies in Chile. Cambridge Journal of Education, 47(1), 19–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/0305764X.2015.1102867
Preiss, D. D., Cosmelli, D., Grau, V. & Ortiz, D. (2016). Examining the influence of mind wandering and metacognition on creativity in university and vocational students. Learning and individual differences, 51, 417-426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.07.010
Preiss, D. D., Grau, V., Ortiz, D., & Bernardino, M. (2016). What Do We Know About the Development of Creativity in South America? New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2016(152), 85–97. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20157
Fariña, P., San Martín, E., Preiss, D. D., Claro, M., & Jara, I. (2015). Measuring the relation between computer use and reading literacy in the presence of endogeneity. Computers & Education, 80, 176–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.COMPEDU.2014.08.010
Preiss, D. D., Calcagni, E., & Grau, V. (2015). Classroom Research and Child and Adolescent Development in South America. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015(147), 85–92. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20093
Cosmelli D. and Preiss D. D. (2014) On the temporality of creative insight: a psychological and phenomenological perspective. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01184
Mourgues, C. V., Preiss, D. D., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2014). Reading skills, creativity, and insight: Exploring the connections.Spanish Journal of Psychology, 17, E58. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2014.59
Müller, M., Volante, P., Grau, V., Preiss, D. (2014). Desarrollo de habilidades de observación en la formación de liderazgo escolar a través de videos de clases [Development of observation skills in school leadership training through lesson videos]. Psykhé, 23,1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.7764/psykhe.23.2.713
Preiss, D. D., Calcagni, E., Espinoza, A. M., Gómez, D., Grau, V., Guzmán, V. Müller, M. Ramírez, M. F., Volante, P. (2014). Buenas prácticas pedagógicas observadas en el aula de segundo ciclo básico en Chile. [Good pedagogical practices observed in middle-school level lessons in Chile]. Psykhé, 23, 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.7764/psykhe.23.2.716
Muller, M., Calcagni, E., Grau, V., Preiss, D. D. (2013). Desarrollo de habilidades de observación en estudiantes de pedagogía: Resultados de una intervención piloto basada en el uso de la Videoteca de Buenas Prácticas Docentes [Desarrollo de habilidades de observación en estudiantes de pedagogía: Resultados de una intervención piloto basada en el uso de la videoteca de Buenas Prácticas Docentes.] Estudios de Pedagogía, 39, 85-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-07052013000300007
Preiss, D. D., Castillo, J.C., Flotts, P. & San Martín, E. (2013). Assessment of argumentative writing and critical thinking in higher education: Educational correlates and gender differences. Learning and Individual Differences, 28, 193-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2013.06.004
Preiss, D. D., Castillo, J.C., Grigorenko, E. & Manzi, J. (2013). Argumentative writing and academic achievement: A longitudinal study. Learning and Individual Differences, 28, 204-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2012.12.013
Claro, M., Preiss, D. D., San Martín, E., Jara, I., Hinostroza, J. E., Valenzuela, S., Cortes, F. & Nussbaum, M. (2012). Assessment of 21st Century ICT Skills in Chile: Test design and results from high school level students. Computers and Education, 59, 1042–1053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2012.04.004
Garcia, L., Nussbaum, M. & Preiss, D. D. (2011). Is the use of information and communication technology related to performance in working memory tasks? Evidence from seventh-grade students. Computers & Education 57, 2068–2076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2011.05.009
Preiss, D. D., Larraín, A., & Valenzuela, S. (2011). Discurso y pensamiento en el aula matemática chilena [Discourse and thought in the Chilean mathematics classroom]. Psykhe 20, 131-146. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-22282011000200011
Preiss, D. D. & Peña, T. E. (2011) Psicología cultural: una disciplina necesaria. [Cultural Psychology: A necessary discipline]. Revista de Estudios Sociales, 40, 136-141. https://doi.org/10.7440/res40.2011.13
Radovic, D. & Preiss, D. D. (2010). Patrones de discurso observados en el aula de matemática de segundo ciclo básico en Chile [Discourse patterns observed in middle-school level mathematics classes in Chile]. Psykhe, 19, 65-79. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-22282010000200007
Preiss, D. D. (2009). The Chilean instructional pattern for the teaching of language: a video-survey study based on a national program for the assessment of teaching. Learning and Individual Differences, 19, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2008.08.004
Taut, S., Cortes, F., Sebastian, C. & Preiss, D. (2009). Evaluating school and parent reports of the national student achievement testing system (SIMCE) in Chile: Access, comprehension, and use. Evaluation and Program Planning, 32,129-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2008.10.004
Guest editorships in academic journals
Preiss, D. D. (2019). Recent advances in the psychology of creativity/Avances recientes en psicología de la creatividad. Studies in Psychology, 40(3), 491-496. [Special issue]
Preiss, D. D. (2016). Creativity: New directions in research and assessment. Learning and individual differences, 51, 376-377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2016.08.035 [Special section]
Preiss D.D. (2016) Child and Adolescent Development in Latin America: Introduction to the Special Issue. New Directions For Child and Adolescent Development, 152, 7-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cad.20155 [Special issue]
Grau, V., & Preiss, D. D. (2014). Introducción a la sección especial: Psicología en el aula. [Introduction to the Special Section: Psychology in the classroom] Psykhe, 23, 1-3. http://dx.doi.org/10.7764/psykhe.23.2.821 [Special section]
Preiss, D. D. (2013). Writing and its assessment across the life-span. Learning and Individual Differences, 28, 131-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2013.07.001 [Special section]
Books (Edited)
Preiss, D. D., Kaufman, J. C. & Singer, M. (Eds). (Work in progress). Innovation, creativity and change across cultures. Palgrave-Macmillan
Sternberg, R.J. & Preiss, D. D. (Eds). (2022). Intelligence in context: The cultural and historical foundations of human intelligence. Palgrave-Macmillan
Preiss, D. D., Cosmelli, D &. Kaufman, J. C. (Eds). (2020). Creativity and the wandering mind. Academic Press.
Grigorenko, E., Mambrino, E. & Preiss, D. D. (Eds.) (2012). Writing: a mosaic of perspectives. Psychology Press
Preiss, D. D., & Sternberg, R.J. (Eds.) (2010). Innovations in Educational Psychology: Perspectives on learning, teaching, and human development. Springer Publishing Company.
Sternberg, R. J. & Preiss, D. D. (Eds.) (2005). Intelligence and technology. The impact of tools on the nature and development of human abilities. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Foreword of Jerome Bruner. (Reprinted in 2013 by Routledge).
Book chapters and prefaces
Preiss, D. D. & Carmona, B. (In press). Understanding the role of mind wandering and mindfulness in creativity. In Larkin, S. (Ed.) Metacognition and Education: Future Trends. Routledge.
Sternberg, R. J. & Preiss, D. D. (In press). Intelligence does not inhere within the individual but rather in person x task x situation interactions. In R. J. Sternberg & D. D. Preiss (Eds.), Intelligence in context. Palgrave-Macmillan.
Preiss, D. D. (In press). Human intelligence in the time of the Anthropocene. In R. J. Sternberg & D. D. Preiss (Eds.), Intelligence in context. Palgrave-Macmillan.
Preiss, D. D., Lynch, S. F., McKayc, A. S., Kaufman, J. C. (2020). Poetry. In M. Runco & S. Pritzker. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Creativity. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Preiss, D. D. (2020). Poetry, meaning making, and mind wandering. In Preiss, D. D., Cosmelli, D. & J. C. Kaufman. Creativity and the wandering mind. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Grau, V, & Preiss, D. D. (2019). Supporting young children’s self-regulation development. In D. Whitebread, V. Grau, K. Kumpuleinan, M. McClelland, N. Perry & D. Pino-Pasternak. (Eds). The SAGE Handbook of Developmental Psychology and Early Childhood Education (pp. 535-553). London: Sage.
Preiss, D. D., & Cosmelli, D. (2017). Mind wandering, creative writing, and the self. In M. Karwowski & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Explorations in creativity research. The creative self: Effect of beliefs, self-efficacy, mindset, and identity (p. 301–313). Elsevier Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809790-8.00017-0
Grau, V., Calcagni, E., Preiss, D. (2016). Alianza universidad-escuela: Hacia nuevos modelos de desarrollo profesional docente. [University-school alliance: Towards new models of teacher professional development]. In J. Manzi & M.R. García (Eds.). Abriendo las puertas del aula: Transformación de las prácticas docentes [Opening the classroom’s doors: Transformation of teaching practices] (ps. 647-675). Santiago, Chile: Ediciones UC.
Preiss, D. D., Calcagni, E., Espinoza, A. M. & Grau. V. (2016). ¿Cómo se enseña el lenguaje y las matemáticas en las salas de primer y segundo ciclo básico en Chile? Principales hallazgos de una serie de estudios observacionales en clases de lenguaje y matemáticas. [How are language and mathematics taught in elementary and middle school classrooms in Chile? Main findings from a series of observational studies in language and mathematics lessons. In J. Manzi & M.R. García (Eds.). Abriendo las puertas del aula: Transformación de las prácticas docentes [Opening the classroom’s doors: Transformation of teaching practices] (ps. 153-184). Santiago, Chile: Ediciones UC.
Manzi, J. & Preiss, D. D. (2013). Educational assessment and educational achievement in South America (pp. 472-474). In J.A.C. Hattie and E.M. Anderman. (Eds) International Guide to Student Achievement. London: Routledge.
Manzi, J., Flotts, P. & Preiss, D. D. (2012). Design of a college-level test of written communication: Theoretical and methodological challenges. In Grigorenko, E., Mambrino, E. & Preiss, D. D. Eds. Writing: a mosaic of perspectives (pp. 385-400). New York: Psychology Press.
Grigorenko, E. L., Mambrino, E. & Preiss, D. D. (2012). Preface. In Grigorenko, E. L., Mambrino, E. & Preiss, D. D. Eds. Writing: a mosaic of perspectives (pp. ix-xv). New York: Psychology Press.
Preiss, D. D. (2010) Folk Pedagogy and Cultural Markers in Teaching: Three Illustrations from Chile. In Preiss, D. D., & Sternberg, R.J. Eds. Innovations in Educational Psychology: Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Human Development (pp. 325-356). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Preiss, D. D. (2010) Preface. In Preiss, D. D., & Sternberg, R.J. Eds. Innovations in Educational Psychology: Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Human Development (pp. xiii-xx). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Grigorenko, E.L., Jarvin, L., Nui, W., & Preiss, D. D. (2008). Is there a standard for standardized testing? Four sketches of the applicability (or lack thereof) of standardized testing in different educational systems. In P.C. Kyllonen, R.D. Roberts, & L. Stankov. Eds. Extending intelligence: Enhancement and new constructs (pp. 157-182). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Preiss, D. D. & Strasser, K. (2006). Conceptions of Creativity in Latin America and the Caribbean: Views from Psychology, Humanities and the Arts. In Sternberg, R. J. & Kaufman, J. Eds. International Handbook of Creativity (pp. 39-67). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Preiss, D. D. & Sternberg, R. J. Technologies for working intelligences. (2005). In Sternberg, R. J. & Preiss, D. (Eds.) Intelligence and Technology. The Impact of Tools on The Nature and Development of Human Abilities. (pp. 183-208). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Preiss, D. D. & Sternberg, R. J. Preface. (2005). In Sternberg, R. J. & Preiss, D. (Eds.) Intelligence and Technology. The Impact of Tools on The Nature and Development of Human Abilities. (pp. xiii-xxii). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Preiss, D. D. (1998). Para una botánica del silencio [For a botanic of silence]. In Haye, A; Jiménez, C. & Preiss, D. D. Eds. Configuraciones sociales del arte [Social configurations of art]. (pp. 43-70). Santiago, Chile: Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Reprinted in Preiss, D. (1999). Para una botánica del silencio [For a Botanic of Silence] Persona y Sociedad, XII, 81-92.
Public policy documents
Preiss, D., Konstantinidis, G., Valenzuela, E. (2021). Desarrollo y fortalecimiento del currículum de educación y formación continua en ética y derechos humanos de Carabineros de Chile: una propuesta integral. En: Centro de Políticas Públicas UC (ed), Propuestas para Chile. Concurso de Políticas Públicas 2020. Santiago: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, pp. 251-279.
Grau, V., Preiss, D., Strasser, K., Jadue, D., Müller, M. y Lorca, A. (2019). Juego guiado y educación parvularia: propuestas para una mejor calidad de la educación inicial. En: Centro de Políticas Públicas UC (ed), Propuestas para Chile. Concurso de Políticas Públicas 2018. Santiago: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, pp. 251-281.
San Martín, E., Claro, C., Cabello, T., Preiss, D. D. (2013). Habilidades TICs para el aprendizaje y su relación con el conocimiento escolar en lenguaje y matemáticas. [IT abilities for learning and its relationship with school knowledge in language and mathematics]. En Desarrollo de habilidades digitales para el siglo XXI en Chile. ¿Qué dice el SIMCE TIC? [In Development of digital abilities for the XXI century in Chile. What does the SIMCE TIC says?] (pp.229-248). Santiago, Chile: Ministerio de Educación.
San Martín, E., Claro, M., Fariña, P., Jara, I., Preiss, D. D. (2012). ¿Cuál es el impacto del acceso y uso de TICs en los resultados de las mediciones de lectura y lectura digital en PISA 2009? Análisis comparativo en cinco naciones. In Centro de Estudios MINEDUC. [What is the impact of ICT use and access on the results of PISA 2009 reading and digital reading measures. A comparative analysis of five nations.] (Ed.) Evidencias para políticas públicas en educación. Selección de Investigaciones Concurso Extraordinario FONIDE-PISA [Evidence for public policy in education] (pp. 221-269). Santiago, Chile: Ministerio de Educación.
Preiss, D. D. (2011). Patrones instruccionales en Chile: La evidencia de la evaluación docente. [Instructional patterns in Chile. The evidence of teaching assessment]. In González, R. & Manzi, J. (Eds.) La Evaluación Docente en Chile [Teaching assessment in Chile]. (pp. 209-212). Santiago, Chile: MIDE UC.
Preiss, D. D., San Martín, E., Alegría, I., Espinoza, A., Nuñez, M., & Ponce, L. (2011). Estructura y discurso en el aula matemática de primer ciclo: Enseñar matemáticas fomentando la apropriación privada de terminos y procedimientos. [Structure and discourse in the elementary school mathematics classroom: Teaching mathematics fostering the private appropriation of terms and procedures]. In Centro de Estudios MINEDUC. (Ed.) Evidencias para políticas públicas en educación. Selección de Investigaciones Cuarto Concurso FONIDE [Evidence for public policy in education] (pp. 127-165). Santiago, Chile: Ministerio de Educación.
Jimenez, C. & Preiss, D. D. (2000) Factores que intervienen en la discriminación de personas con VIH/SIDA.[Intervening factors in discrimination towards people living with HIV/AIDS]. In Estudio nacional de comportamiento sexual. Primeros análisis [National study of sexual behavior. First analyses.] (pp. 108-122). Santiago, Chile: CONASIDA & Agence Nationale de Recherches sur le SIDA.
Cereceda, L.E. & Preiss, D. D. (1999). Transferencia tecnológica al sector pesquero artesanal: Experiencia de la Caleta El Quisco. [Technological transferences to the fishing artisanal sector: Experience of the El Quisco Town.] In Faranda, F.M., Albertini, R. & Correa, J.A. Eds. Manejo sustentable de los recursos marinos bentónicos en Chile Centro-Sur: Avances en investigación y formación [Sustainable management of benthic marine resources in South-Center Chile: advaces in research and training]. (pp. 91-98). Santiago, Chile: Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile.
Books reviews
Preiss, D. (2008). Second Psychology as First Psychology [Review of Developmental Psychology and Social Change, by David B. Pillemer and Sheldon H. White]. Mind, Culture and Activity, 15, 71-74.
Preiss, D. (2006). Drawing the maps of a new sovereignty: Narratives from El Salvador. [Review of Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador, by Elisabeth Jean Wood] Mind, Culture and Activity, 13, 336-338.
Preiss, D. D. (2004). The cultured self: the generative powers of narrative. [Review of Autobiographical memory and the construction of a narrative self]. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 49, 747-750.
Preiss, D. D. (2004). Researching a special kind: the lives and passion of creative writers [Review of My Teeming Brain by Jane Piirto]. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 49, 528-530.
Preiss, D. D. (2004). From pragmatics to hermeneutics: Storytelling in timeless quarrel and everyday literature [Review of Making Stories: Law, Literature and Life by Jerome S. Bruner]. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 49, 165-169.
Preiss, D. D. (2003). Gateways to literacy research [Review of Methods of Literacy Research: The Methodology Chapters from the Handbook of Reading Research by M. Kamil, Peter Mosenthal, David Pearson, and Rebeca Barr]. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 48, 683-685.
Preiss, D. D. (2002). Postcards from the outer space: Advancing psychology in the new frontier. [Review of Spacefaring. The Human Dimension by Albert Harrison]. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 47, 302-304