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CREATIVITY UNDER PRESSURE: USING DISTANT SEMANTIC FIELDS FOR FAST ACTIVATION OF DIVERGENT THINKING IN ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Beghelli, Alejandra; Prieto, Pablo

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Papers
DS 92: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference
Year:
2018
Editor:
Marjanović D., Štorga M., Škec S., Bojčetić N., Pavković N.
Author:
Beghelli, Alejandra; Prieto, Pablo
Series:
DESIGN
Section:
DESIGN EDUCATION
Page(s):
2391-2402
DOI number:
https://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0261
Abstract:
Creativity is one of the most valued professional skills. However, creativity-training opportunities are scarce in engineering programs. In this paper we present an interventional study for fast activation of divergent thinking in non-trained people. Based on the associative creativity theory, we force the participants to connect semantically distant concepts to generate divergent ideas in a short time. The effect was evaluated using a pre-post test (n=27). We found a significant increase in the number of creative ideas generated after a 2.5-hour intervention.
Keywords:
divergent thinking, design creativity, associative creativity theory, human behaviour, design methods
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