Cognitive stimulation and interference in groups: Exposure effects in an idea generation task

Nijstad, Bernard A.; Stroebe, Wolfgang; Lodewijkx, Hein F. M.

doi:10.1016/s0022-1031(02)00500-0

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“…Typically, these have contributed with large sample sizes and a rigorous scientific approach. However, many of these studies use only hypothetical problems, studying ideas from nonprofessional engineers or designers (Massetti 1996;Benami and Jin 2002;Nijstad et al 2002;Kristensson and Norlander 2003;Helquist et al 2007;Perttula and Sipila 2007;Mak and Shu 2008) with few exceptions (Kim et al 2005;Napier and Nilsson 2006) and thus show "little similarity [to] design concept generation in the real world" (Shah and Vargas-Hernandez 2003). Little empirical work has been conducted using professional designers working on actual design tasks within industry.…”

Section: Assessing Creative Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In many of these studies, creative performance of a group is determined by the evaluation of the outputs (ideas, concepts or designs) in terms of two dependant variables: number of ideas (Nijstad et al 2002;Perttula and Sipila 2007), and, quality of ideas (Wierenga 1998). From the literature reviewed, it would appear that creative quality of an idea is generally defined by a proposition's 'originality' and 'appropriateness' to a task (Massetti 1996) and in some instances a third specialising criteria such as 'unexpectedness' (Gero 1996) or 'unobviosness' (Howard et al 2006;) which can be linked to the time that the idea was produced.…”

Section: Assessing Creative Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In previous research it has also been argued (Altshuller 1999) and shown (Howard et al 2010) that a case-based approach for retrieving stimuli can be of benefit. Nijstad et al (2002) performed a similar experiment to assess whether ideas proposed by other group members are stimulating or suppressing to an individual's creativity, though they only conducted the experiment using electronic representations of the group's ideas. During the study, the design task was posed in such a way that the ideas generated were likely to be 'functional' ideas.…”

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“…Based on previous findings (Nijstad et al 2002), it is expected that the quantity of ideas produced will be raised due to the introduction of the stimuli. However, it is quite feasible that the stimuli may divert or distract the designers, thus lowering the rate of ideas being generated.…”

Section: Rq4: How Does the Introduction Of Stimuli Affect The Rate Ofmentioning

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Creative ideas are essential to original concept generation and ultimately innovation. But where and when do these vital creative ideas occur during product innovation and more importantly how can they be influenced? The following paper describes an industrially-based study of several innovation projects following the actual processes of professional designers. Some ideas from the early brainstorm can be traced all the way through to concepts that are selected at the company's stage gate. Those early ideas are marked as 'appropriate' which provides an objective evaluation of the influence of any prescribed creative stimuli being used during the brainstorm sessions in relation to the output of the innovation process. The results showed that the frequency of idea production remained roughly constant during the first 30 minutes but steadily reduced after this period.However, the number of 'appropriate' ideas decreased rapidly, where 75% of the appropriate ideas in the first 30minutes had been expressed after just 15minutes. By introducing various forms of stimuli to the groups, the frequency of idea generation was maintained and in many cases increased. The stimuli were also shown to help generate more appropriate ideas which were included within concepts proposed at the stage-gate.

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“…In most research, the group performance is defined by evaluating the proposals regarding the number of ideas (Nijstad et al, 2002;Shah et al, 2003;Perttula and Sipila, 2007) and quality of ideas (Wierenga, 1998;Shah et al, 2003). Consequently, the quality of an idea is determined by appropriateness and originality on the target task (Massetti, 1996;Runco and Jaeger, 2012) and some situations unexpectedness (Gero, 1996) and Non-obviousness (Howard et al, 2006 and2008).…”

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Presenting a Model for Setting in Narrative Fiction Illustration

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The present research aims at presenting a model for evaluating and enhancing training the setting in illustration for narrative fictions for undergraduate students of graphic design who are weak in setting. The research utilized expert's opinions through a survey. The designed model was submitted to eight experts, and their opinions were used to have the model adjusted and improved. Used as research instruments were notes, materials in text books, papers, and related websites, as well as questionnaires. Results indicated that, for evaluating and enhancing the level of training the setting in illustration for narrative fiction to students, one needs to extract sub-indexes of setting. Moreover, definition and recognition of the model of setting helps undergraduate students of graphic design enhance the level of setting in their works skill by recognizing details of setting. Accordingly, it is recommended to design training packages to enhance these sub-indexes and hence improve the setting for narrative fiction illustration.

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Growth pattern and expressions of cell cycle regulator proteins p53 and p21WAF1/CIP1 in early gastric carcinoma

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Three experiments examined whether or not fixation effects occur in brainstorming as a function of receiving ideas from others. Exchanging ideas in a group reduced the number of domains of ideas that were explored by participants. Additionally, ideas given by brainstormers conformed to ideas suggested by other participants. Temporal analyses showed how the quantity, variety and novelty of ideas fluctuate over the course of a brainstorming session. Taking a break modulated the natural decline over time in the quantity and variety of ideas. Although fixation was observed in brainstorming in terms of conformity and restriction of the breadth of ideas, it did not influence the number of ideas generated in these experiments. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Cognitive stimulation and interference in groups: Exposure effects in an idea generation task

Cited by 286 publications

References 24 publications

The use of creative stimuli at early stages of industrial product innovation

The use of creative stimuli at early stages of industrial product innovation

Presenting a Model for Setting in Narrative Fiction Illustration

Growth pattern and expressions of cell cycle regulator proteins p53 and p21WAF1/CIP1 in early gastric carcinoma

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