Kurtz Kenneth J, Haley Leif, Longo Alexus, Astra Shanti, Meltzer Hannah, Suwara Gavin, Patterson John D
Department of Psychology, Binghamton University, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA.
Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
Mem Cognit. 2025 Jan 24. doi: 10.3758/s13421-025-01685-1.
The nature and basis of creative thought has been the subject of wide-ranging inquiry. It is well established that people tend to struggle to solve problems that require an insight-and that this limitation is not readily alleviated. What can help produce more successful creative cognition? We propose a benefit from increased focus on the relations that hold between the elements of a problem situation. The present research addresses a novel technique to promote relational encoding by guiding participants to generate relational content connecting problem elements. In two experiments, we find that participants who engage in relational encoding are more likely to solve insight problems than controls. Theoretical and applied implications of the findings are addressed.
创造性思维的本质和基础一直是广泛探究的主题。人们往往难以解决需要洞察力的问题，这一点已得到充分证实，而且这种局限性不容易得到缓解。什么能有助于产生更成功的创造性认知呢？我们提出，更多地关注问题情境中各元素之间的关系会带来益处。本研究探讨了一种新颖的技术，即通过引导参与者生成连接问题元素的关系性内容来促进关系性编码。在两项实验中，我们发现进行关系性编码的参与者比对照组更有可能解决洞察力问题。我们还讨论了这些发现的理论和应用意义。
