Conscious thinkers produce more creative ideas than immediate responders (Experiment 2)¶
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q3 i2 In Experiment 2, conscious thinkers were more creative than participants who immediately listed their ideas, while unconscious and conscious thinkers did not differ. → Ritter 2012
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Ritter 2012¶
Ritter, S.M.; van Baaren, R.B.; Dijksterhuis, A.J. (2012). Creativity: The role of unconscious processes in idea generation and idea selection. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 7, 21-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2011.12.002
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Experiment 2 ANOVA on average creativity across the three conditions yielded a significant main effect with the printed effect size /DC12 = .11 (the article's notation for eta-squared, a medium effect); "compared to participants who immediately listed their ideas, conscious thinkers were more creative, t(43) = 2.75, p < .05", while unconscious and conscious thinkers did not differ, t(44) = 1.64, p ns.
"An ANOVA on the average creativity revealed a significant main effect of condition, F(2,65) = 4.10 p < .05, /DC12 = .11."
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Related Claims¶
- Unconscious thinkers better select both their most and least creative idea (Experiment 2 replication) — related
- Unconscious and conscious thought produce similar idea generation in number and average creativity (Experiment 1) — related
- Immediate responders generate fewer ideas than conscious and unconscious thinkers (Experiment 1) — related
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Conscious thinkers produce more creative ideas than immediate responders (Experiment 2) |
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Conscious thinkers produce more creative ideas than immediate responders (Experiment 2) |
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