Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
When word frequency meets word order: factors determining multiply-constrained creative association. |
| Authors: |
Shen, Wangbing1 (AUTHOR) wangbingsh09@163.com, Hommel, Bernhard2 (AUTHOR), Yuan, Yuan3 (AUTHOR) psychyy1989@163.com, Ren, Qiping4 (AUTHOR), Hua, Meifeng5 (AUTHOR), Lu, Fang6 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Thinking & Reasoning. Aug2024, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p395-418. 24p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Problem solving, Word frequency, Word order (Grammar), Chinese language, Creative ability |
| Abstract: |
Creative association is inherent and essential to creativity and insight. Here we utilised a Chinese compound Remote Associates Task (cRAT) to identify the potential impact of word order (i.e., solution position hereinafter) and word frequency on creative association across two behavioural experiments. Experiment 1 identified the effects of (a) word order and word frequency on cRAT-induced association without considering the specific strategies used during solving such problems and (b) their interaction not only on performance in solving the cRAT, including solution time and accuracy, but also on difficulty rating. Following a coarse-to-fine approach, Experiment 2 examined the effect of both factors on creative association determined according to each participant's trial-by-trial reports regarding insight solution strategies. Main effects of word order and word frequency, and a two-way interaction, were found on the accuracy and self-rated difficulty. These findings shed light on creative association, multiply-constrained problem solving and constructing compounds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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