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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ftunivbathcris:oai:purehost.bath.ac.uk:publications/0b42f3fd-f178-4248-b169-a2bcd8d2c1e9 2024-06-23T07:52:32+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://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/0b42f3fd-f178-4248-b169-a2bcd8d2c1e9 https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214533132 https://purehost.bath.ac.uk/ws/files/163569321/2014_PSPB_submission_final.pdf eng eng https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/0b42f3fd-f178-4248-b169-a2bcd8d2c1e9 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Gocłowska , M A , Baas , M , Crisp , R J & De Dreu , C K W 2014 , ' Whether Social Schema Violations Help or Hurt Creativity Depends on Need for Structure ' , Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin , vol. 40 , no. 8 , pp. 959-971 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214533132 information processing innovation motivation social diversity stereotypes /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3207 name=Social Psychology article 2014 ftunivbathcris https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214533132 2024-06-12T23:44:03Z 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* University of Bath's research portal 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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Whether Social Schema Violations Help or Hurt Creativity Depends on Need for Structure |
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