Curiosity made the cat more creative: Specific curiosity as a driver of creativity
| Autor: | Spencer Harrison, Lydia Paine Hagtvedt, Li Huang, Karyn Dossinger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Cognitive science
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management media_common.quotation_subject Field (Bourdieu) 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Cognition Ideation Creativity Brainstorming Stepping stone 0502 economics and business Curiosity 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 050203 business & management Applied Psychology Mechanism (sociology) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 150:1-13 |
| ISSN: | 0749-5978 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.10.007 |
| Popis: | The present research examines the causal relationship between specific curiosity and creativity. To explicate this relationship, we introduce the concept of idea linking, a cognitive process that entails using aspects of early ideas as input for subsequent ideas in a sequential manner, such that one idea is a stepping stone to the next. Study 1 demonstrated the causal effect of specific curiosity on creativity. Study 2, a field study of artisans selling handmade goods online, found that experiencing specific curiosity predicts greater next-day creativity. Study 3 demonstrated idea linking as a mechanism for the effect of specific curiosity on creativity. Study 4 further established the impact of idea linking on creativity, finding that it boosted creativity beyond the well-established intervention of brainstorming. We discuss specific curiosity as a state that fuels creativity through idea linking and idea linking as a novel technique for creative idea generation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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