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Peer reviewedWard, Thomas B. – Cognitive Psychology, 1994
Results of 5 experiments involving 385 undergraduates imagining animals from another galaxy are consistent with the idea that similar structures and processes underlie creative and noncreative aspects of cognition. The concept of structured imagination and the role of characteristic properties are explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Creativity, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWard, Thomas B.; Sifonis, Cynthia M. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1997
This study examined the impact of three conditions on how subjects (105 college students) generated ideas about imaginary extraterrestrials. Results are discussed in terms of constraints on innovation, ways of overcoming those constraints, and the general tendency for new ideas to preserve many of the central properties of existing concepts.…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Divergent Thinking
