Convergent and Divergent Thinking in the Context of Narrative Mysteries

被引:1
作者
Wenzel, William G. [1 ]
Gerrig, Richard J. [1 ]
机构
[1] SUNY Stony Brook, Dept Psychol, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA
关键词
SITUATION MODEL; CREATIVITY; GOALS; COMPREHENSION; CONSTRUCTION; ANTECEDENTS; INTEGRATION; ACTIVATION; KNOWLEDGE;
D O I
10.1080/0163853X.2015.1023966
中图分类号
G44 [教育心理学];
学科分类号
0402 ; 040202 ;
摘要
This project demonstrates how narrative mysteries provide a context in which readers engage in creative cognition. Drawing on the concepts of convergent and divergent thinking, we wrote stories that had either convergent or divergent outcomes. For example, one story had a character give his girlfriend a ring (a convergent outcome), whereas the contrasting version of the story had the character give his girlfriend a gun (a divergent outcome). In Experiment 1, participants took more time to read sentences depicting divergent outcomes. This result replicates past research documenting the impact of expectation violations. Experiment 2 used a speak-aloud paradigm to explore the content of readers' thoughts in the context of convergent and divergent outcomes. Analyses of participants' responses indicated that convergent outcomes prompted people to respond with more features of convergent thinking, whereas divergent outcomes prompted them to respond with more features of divergent thinking. These results support the claim that narrative experiences provide a context for creative cognition.
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页码:489 / 516
页数:28
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