Process-Based Measures of Creative Problem-Solving Skills: II. Information Encoding

Mumford, Michael D.; Baughman, Wayne A.; Supinski, Elizabeth P.

doi:10.1207/s15326934crj0901_7

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“…Convergent thinking relies on making associations within one domain and, therefore, constrained information should facilitate this process (Brown et al, 1998;Coskun et al, 2000). However, at initial stages of the creative process when people seek to produce many original ideas, constrained information should have a negative function and diverse information from many different domains should have a positive function for the generation of multiple and original ideas (Mumford et al, 1996). Mumford's process model of creative capacities (Mumford et al, 1991) suggests that the combination of ideas and concepts that stem from various, unrelated domains leads to the generation of multiple and original ideas.…”

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“…However, this perspective contradicts in part research from the creativity literature which has shown that focusing too much on one's domain can become a barrier that reduces people's performance in generating novel and original ideas (Simonton, 2003;Ward, 2004;Wiley, 1998). Rather, a high degree of diverse information should be related to novel and original ideas even if this information goes beyond one's domain of expertise and prior knowledge (Mumford et al, 1996). The creativity literature also acknowledges the importance of constrained information, for example, at evaluation stages of the creative process (Brown et al, 1998;Mumford et al, 1996).…”

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“…The creativity literature also acknowledges the importance of constrained information, for example, at evaluation stages of the creative process (Brown et al, 1998;Mumford et al, 1996). However, at initial stages, diverse information should help in generating a pool of original ideas that forms the input for subsequent steps of evaluation and refinement (Mumford and Gustafson, 1988;Mumford et al, 1996;Santanen et al, 2004).…”

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“…The extent to which that information is meaningfully applied to EDM, from which potential courses of action can be formulated and outcomes forecasted, is contingent upon the processes by which the information is integrated (Mumford et al 1996;Weick 1988;Weick 1995). Moreover, the nature by which information is integrated into a coherent mental model greatly influences the range of possible alternatives considered by the decision-maker during an ethical dilemma Hogarth and Makridakis 1981).…”

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“…Between these sub-processes have been identified: problem finding, problem formulation, and problem redefinition (Mumford, Baughman, Threlfall, Supinski & Costanza, 1996), the divergent thinking (the process of generating many alternative ideas), the process of forming idea combinations through random or chance-based processes (Simonton, 1988), the process of reorganizing information (Baughman & Mumford, 1995;Sternberg & Davidson, 1995), perception and information encoding (Mumford, Baughman, Supinski & Maher, 1996), and using heuristics (Langley, Simon, Bradshaw & Zytkow, 1987). …”

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The nature of creativity: cognitive and confluence perspectives

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In the present psychology-informed literature review we address some aspects of the nature of creativity from cognitive and confluence perspectives. The authors begin by discussing models of creativity offered by cognitive and confluence approaches, focusing on the transition from univariate to multivariate models. The article explores what these literatures suggest about factors that can influence creativity, including cognitive conative and environmental ones. The article goes on to present the overlaps and distinctiveness between creativity and innovation and the vexed question of the evaluation of creativity exploring two contrasting stances of psychometric and componential approaches. The review concludes by acknowledging the complexity of the phenomenon of creativity explored here mainly through cognitive and confluence lenses touching on psychometric and social-personality approaches, and recognizes the potential of other lenses in psychology such as psychodynamic, humanistic and evolutionary, for understanding creativity.Keywords: creativity, cognitive, confluence, complexity. Received La naturaleza de la creatividad: perspectivas cognitivas y confluencia ResumenEn la presente revisión de la literatura acerca de la psicología informativa abordamos algunos aspectos de la naturaleza de la creatividad desde perspectivas cognitivas y de confluencia. Los autores comienzan hablando de modelos de creatividad obtenidos por enfoques cognitivos y de confluencia, centrándose en la transición de modelos univariados a multivariados. El artí-culo explora en la literatura que se sugiere acerca de los factores que pueden influir en la creatividad, incluyendo la cognitiva conativa y la relacionada al medio ambiente. Luego presentamos las similitudes y diferencias entre la creatividad y la innovación, y la controvertida cuestión acerca de la evaluación de la creatividad, explorando dos posturas contrapuestas; los enfoques psicométricos y componenciales. Esta revisión concluye reconociendo la complejidad del fenómeno de la creatividad explorado aquí principalmente a través de una mirada cognitiva y de confluencia, tocando los enfoques psicométricos y sociales de la personalidad, y reconoce el potencial de otras miradas de la psicología, como la psicodinámica, la humanistica y la evolucionaria, para entender la creatividad.

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Process-Based Measures of Creative Problem-Solving Skills: II. Information Encoding

Cited by 92 publications

References 17 publications

Creativity in the opportunity identification process and the moderating effect of diversity of information

Creativity in the opportunity identification process and the moderating effect of diversity of information

Leader Ethical Decision-Making in Organizations: Strategies for Sensemaking

The nature of creativity: cognitive and confluence perspectives

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