积极情绪有助于创造性地解决问题。

Positive affect facilitates creative problem solving.

作者信息

Isen A M, Daubman K A, Nowicki G P

出版信息

J Pers Soc Psychol. 1987 Jun;52(6):1122-31. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1122.

DOI:10.1037//0022-3514.52.6.1122

Abstract

Four experiments indicated that positive affect, induced by means of seeing a few minutes of a comedy film or by means of receiving a small bag of candy, improved performance on two tasks that are generally regarded as requiring creative ingenuity: Duncker's (1945) candle task and M. T. Mednick, S. A. Mednick, and E. V. Mednick's (1964) Remote Associates Test. One condition in which negative affect was induced and two in which subjects engaged in physical exercise (intended to represent affectless arousal) failed to produce comparable improvements in creative performance. The influence of positive affect on creativity was discussed in terms of a broader theory of the impact of positive affect on cognitive organization.

摘要

四项实验表明，通过观看几分钟喜剧电影或收到一小袋糖果所引发的积极情绪，提升了在两项通常被认为需要创造性才智的任务中的表现：邓克（1945年）的蜡烛任务以及M.T. 梅德尼克、S.A. 梅德尼克和E.V. 梅德尼克（1964年）的远距离联想测验。一项引发消极情绪的条件以及两项让受试者进行体育锻炼（旨在代表无情感唤起）的条件，均未在创造性表现上产生类似的提升。从关于积极情绪对认知组织影响的更广泛理论角度，探讨了积极情绪对创造力的影响。