Japanese Psychological Research · 2015 · 33 citations · 28 references
ManagementBehavioral SciencesPsychologyCognitive PsychologyCreativityIndividual DifferencesConvergent ThinkingCreative CognitionCreative PerformanceCreative ProcessDivergent ThinkingMoodCognitive Processes In CreativityConvergent CreativityConvergent Thinking StyleDivergent Thinking In MusicDivergent Thinking In PerformanceEmotional Valence In MusicIndividual Differences In CreativityMoods Induced By Music
Abstract A positive mood enhances creative performance. We examined which type of creativity, divergent or convergent thinking, was enhanced by a positive mood. Half of the participants listened to happy music and thought about happy events (positive group). The other half listened to the J apanese Constitution (neutral group). Participants' emotional valence and arousal were measured before and after mood induction. All participants then engaged in a creative activity involving the generation of new names for rice. The results indicated that the positive group produced more divergent ideas than did the neutral group. On the other hand, the two groups did not differ with respect to the number of convergent ideas that were generated. We suggest that being in a positive mood facilitates flexible thinking and consequently leads to production of unconventional and atypical ideas.
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