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CREATIVE HYPOTHESIS GENERATING IN PSYCHOLOGY: Some Useful Heuristics

McGuire, William J.·1997·Annual Review of Psychology
DOI 10.1146/annurev.psych.48.1.1
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[Figure: see text] ▪ Abstract To correct a common imbalance in methodology courses, focusing almost entirely on hypothesis-testing issues to the neglect of hypothesis-generating issues which are at least as important, 49 creative heuristics are described, divided into 5 categories and 14 subcategories. Each of these heuristics has often been used to generate hypotheses in psychological research, and each is teachable to students. The 49 heuristics range from common sense perceptiveness of the oddity of natural occurrences to use of sophisticated quantitative data analyses in ways that provoke new insights.

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Authors
McGuire, W. J.
Affiliations
Yale University (US)
Corresponding author
McGuire, William J.
Venue
Annual Review of Psychology
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
1997-02
Volume
48
Issue
1
Pages
1-30
ISSN
  • 0066-4308 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-2085
DOI
10.1146/annurev.psych.48.1.1
OpenAlex
W2128556371
Cited by
203
References
46
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychology Research and Bibliometrics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
Keywords
hypothesis generation, psychological research methods, research methods teaching, creative research, quantitative data analysis

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