Fixation Effect in Creative Ideas Generation: Opposite Impacts of Example in Children and Adults
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These heuristics can be a source of errors, in particular, in tricky reasoning situations.
“However, these heuristics (i.e., automatisms) can be a source of errors, in particular, in tricky reasoning situations, as demonstrated in the field of reasoning, arithmetic problems (Kahneman 2003) or even divergent thinking tasks (Cassotti et al. 2016; for a review of biases, see Friedman 2017).”
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People tend to automate the application of strategies that are usually relevant in similar and analogous situations that have already been encountered.
“Indeed, when solving a problem, it is widely recognized that people tend to automate the application of strategies that are usually relevant in similar and analogous situations that have already been encountered.”
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- Authors
- Cassotti, M., Camarda, A., Poirel, N., Houdé, O., & Agogué, M.
- Affiliations
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- HEC Montréal (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Cassotti, Mathieu
- Venue
- Thinking Skills and Creativity
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-03
- Volume
- 19
- Pages
- 146-152
- ISSN
- 1871-1871 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2195044852
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 5.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Thinking Skills and Creativity (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Design Education and Practice
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Educational Research Studies
- Keywords
- fixation effects, creative idea generation, examples, children versus adults, fluency, flexibility
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