Whether social schema violations help or hurt creativity depends on need for structure
Although people and events that disconfirm observers' expectancies can increase their creativity, sometimes such social schema violations increase observers' rigidity of thought and undermine creative cognition. Here we examined whether individual differences in the extent to which people...
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ftunivaston:oai:publications.aston.ac.uk:27403 2024-06-09T07:45:44+00:00 Whether social schema violations help or hurt creativity depends on need for structure Gocłowska, Małgorzata A. Baas, Matthijs Crisp, Richard J. de Dreu, Carsten K.W. 2014-08-01 application/pdf https://publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/27403/ https://publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/27403/1/Social_schema_violations_creativity_depends_on_need_for_structure.pdf unknown https://publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/27403/1/Social_schema_violations_creativity_depends_on_need_for_structure.pdf Gocłowska, Małgorzata A., Baas, Matthijs, Crisp, Richard J. <https://publications.aston.ac.uk/view/author/crispr=40aston=2Eac=2Euk.html> and de Dreu, Carsten K.W. (2014). Whether social schema violations help or hurt creativity depends on need for structure. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40 (8), pp. 959-971. Article PeerReviewed 2014 ftunivaston 2024-05-14T23:40:40Z Although people and events that disconfirm observers' expectancies can increase their creativity, sometimes such social schema violations increase observers' rigidity of thought and undermine creative cognition. Here we examined whether individual differences in the extent to which people prefer structure and predictability determine whether social schema violations facilitate or hamper creativity. Participants in Study 1 formed impressions of a schema-inconsistent female mechanic (vs. a schema-consistent male mechanic). Following schema-inconsistent rather than -consistent information, participants low (high) in need for structure showed better (impeded) creative performance. Participants in Study 2 memorized a series of images in which individuals were placed on a schema-inconsistent (vs. consistent) background (e.g., an Eskimo on the desert vs. on a snowy landscape). Following schema-inconsistent imagery, participants low (high) in need for structure increased (decreased) divergent thinking. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Aston University: Aston Publications Explorer Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 40 8 959 971 |
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Although people and events that disconfirm observers' expectancies can increase their creativity, sometimes such social schema violations increase observers' rigidity of thought and undermine creative cognition. Here we examined whether individual differences in the extent to which people prefer structure and predictability determine whether social schema violations facilitate or hamper creativity. Participants in Study 1 formed impressions of a schema-inconsistent female mechanic (vs. a schema-consistent male mechanic). Following schema-inconsistent rather than -consistent information, participants low (high) in need for structure showed better (impeded) creative performance. Participants in Study 2 memorized a series of images in which individuals were placed on a schema-inconsistent (vs. consistent) background (e.g., an Eskimo on the desert vs. on a snowy landscape). Following schema-inconsistent imagery, participants low (high) in need for structure increased (decreased) divergent thinking. |
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