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Risk-Taking and Creativity: Convergent, but Not Divergent Thinking Is Better in Low-Risk Takers

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    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      8
    • Sponsoring Agency:
      National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA)
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Risk; Creativity; Convergent Thinking; Association Measures; Questionnaires; Correlation; Online Surveys; Creative Thinking; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Prediction; Regression (Statistics); Statistical Analysis
    • Subject Terms:
      China
    • Subject Terms:
      Remote Associates Test
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/10400419.2018.1446852
    • ISSN:
      1040-0419
    • Abstract:
      The relationship between risk-taking and creativity is critical to understanding social harmony and innovation. Although some studies have assessed the link between risk-taking and divergent thinking, the association between risk-taking and convergent thinking remains unclear. Two studies were conducted to systemically investigate whether risk-taking is linked to convergent thinking. In Study 1, a sample of 127 healthy participants performed a Chinese remote associate test (RAT) and completed a risk-taking questionnaire. As predicted, risk-taking was negatively correlated with RAT performance, implying that risk-taking has a negative association with convergent thinking. Study 2 was an online survey study that replicated Study 1 and extended the measures to include self-rated risk and a measure of divergent thinking (the alternate uses task). The findings were fully replicated, showing that low risk-taking goes with better convergent thinking and risk-taking was not significantly correlated with divergent thinking. Furthermore, the risk-taking/convergent-thinking relationship was best described by a linear regression model in both studies. Taken together, these results suggest that appropriate reductions in risk-taking can boost convergent thinking.
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      As Provided
    • Number of References:
      49
    • Publication Date:
      2018
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1176720