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A Growth-Curve Analysis of the Effects of Future-Thought Priming on Insight and Analytical Problem-Solving
Frontiers in psychology, v 9, pp 1311-1311
30 Jul 2018
PMID: 30104992
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Abstract
Research based on construal level theory (CLT) suggests that thinking about the distant future can prime people to solve problems by insight (i.e., an “aha” moment) while thinking about the near future can prime them to solve problems analytically. In this study, we used a novel method to elucidate the time-course of temporal priming effects on creative problem solving. Specifically, we used growth-curve analysis (GCA) to examine the time-course of priming while participants solved a series of brief verbal problems. Participants were tested in two counterbalanced sessions in a within-subject experimental design; one session featured near-future priming and the other featured far-future priming. Our results suggest high-level construal may temporarily enhance analytical thinking; far-future priming caused transient facilitation of analytical solving while near-future priming induced weaker, transient facilitation of insightful solving. However, this effect is short-lived; priming produced no significant differences in the total number of insights and analytical solutions. Given the fleeting nature of these effects, future studies should consider implementing methodology that allows for aspects of the time-course of priming effects to be examined. A method such as GCA may reveal mild effects that would be otherwise missed using other types of analyses.
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- Title
- A Growth-Curve Analysis of the Effects of Future-Thought Priming on Insight and Analytical Problem-Solving
- Creators
- Monica Truelove-Hill - Drexel UniversityBrian A. Erickson - Drexel UniversityJulia Anderson - Drexel UniversityMary Kossoyan - Drexel UniversityJohn Kounios - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in psychology, v 9, pp 1311-1311
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media S.A
- Grant note
- 1144976 / National Science Foundation
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000440214300001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85054197194
- Other Identifier
- 991019168807704721
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