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Divergent Thinking in Survival Processing: Did Our Ancestors Benefit From Creative Thinking?
Evolutionary Psychology ( IF 1.738 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-25 , DOI: 10.1177/1474704921994028
Jeanette Altarriba 1 , Mary C Avery 1
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The survival processing advantage is a robust mnemonic device in which information processed for its relevance to one’s survival is subsequently better remembered. Research indicates that elaborative processing may be a key component underlying this memory effect, and that this mechanism resembles divergent thinking, whereby words with a greater number of creative uses in a given scenario are better remembered. If this particular function underpins adaptive memory, then individual differences in creativity may play a part in the degree to which people benefit from this advantage. We expected that highly creative individuals who engage more in divergent thinking would not necessarily benefit to a greater degree than less creative individuals, due to potential redundant processing. In this between-subjects experiment, participants rated words according to their relevance to the typical grasslands survival scenario or according to their pleasantness (a control common to the survival paradigm and known to enhance memory). While we did find a main effect of both condition (survival v. pleasantness) and creativity (high v. low), there was no interaction. This set of findings suggests that creative individuals may not benefit to a greater degree in survival processing, despite their ability to think divergently.



中文翻译:

生存过程中的发散思维:我们的祖先是否从创造性思维中受益?

生存处理的优点是一种强大的助记装置,其中针对与生存相关的信息进行处理后可以更好地记住。研究表明,精细处理可能是这种记忆效应的关键组成部分,并且这种机制类似于发散思维,即在给定场景中具有更多创造性用途的单词会被更好地记住。如果这种特殊功能是适应性记忆的基础,那么创造力的个体差异可能会影响人们从这种优势中受益的程度。我们预计,由于潜在的冗余处理,更多地参与发散性思维的高创造力个体不一定会比创造力较低的个体获得更大程度的受益。在这个受试者间实验中,参与者根据单词与典型草原生存场景的相关性或根据它们的愉悦程度(生存范例中常见的控制,已知可以增强记忆)对单词进行评分。虽然我们确实发现了条件(生存与愉悦度)和创造力(高与低)的主要影响,但没有相互作用。这组研究结果表明,尽管富有创造力的人有发散性思维的能力,但他们可能不会在生存过程中获得更大程度的受益。

更新日期:2021-02-25
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