Immediate responders generate fewer ideas than conscious and unconscious thinkers (Experiment 1)¶
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q3 i1 In Experiment 1, participants in the immediate condition generated fewer ideas than participants in the conscious thought and unconscious thought conditions. → 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 1 ANOVA on fluency across the three thought conditions (immediate n = 37, conscious n = 37, unconscious n = 38) yielded a main effect with the printed effect size /DC12 = .09 (the article's notation for eta-squared, a small effect); immediate participants generated fewer ideas than conscious thinkers, t(72) = 3.06, p < .01, and unconscious thinkers, t(73) = 2.13, p < .05.
"An ANOVA on the number of ideas revealed a main effect of thought condition, F(2,109) = 5.43, p < .01, /DC12 = .09."
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Related Claims¶
- Unconscious and conscious thought produce similar idea generation in number and average creativity (Experiment 1) — related
- Conscious thinkers produce more creative ideas than immediate responders (Experiment 2) — related
- Unconscious thinkers outperform conscious thinkers and immediate responders in selecting their most creative idea (Experiment 1) — related
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Immediate responders generate fewer ideas than conscious and unconscious thinkers (Experiment 1) |
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Immediate responders generate fewer ideas than conscious and unconscious thinkers (Experiment 1) |
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