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The Influence Of Self-Control On Creative Cognition, Christa Larai Taylor
The Influence Of Self-Control On Creative Cognition, Christa Larai Taylor
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Two studies were conducted to investigate how ego-depletion influences performance on two frequently used indicators of creative cognition: divergent thinking and insight problem solving. In the first study, participants (N= 152) were randomly assigned to one of six conditions, based on a depletion (ego-depletion vs. control vs. difficult, non-depletion) x task instruction (creativity vs. fluency) design. After completing a well-established ego-depletion procedure (i.e., re-typing a paragraph without using the letter “e” or the spacebar vs. re-typing it as one normally would or completing moderately difficult math problems), participants completed three AUTs (asking them to generate uses for a brick, paperclip, …
Effects Of Construal Level On The Reliance On Affect Versus Substance, Ellen O'Malley
Effects Of Construal Level On The Reliance On Affect Versus Substance, Ellen O'Malley
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The influence of construal level on judgment and decision-making is often seen in consumer research. However, the effect of construal level on preferences for evaluative inputs rather than final products is less explored. Two experiments were conducted to examine whether construal level affects the degree to which individuals rely on either affective or substantive information when making evaluative judgments; specifically, that abstract construals increase reliance on affective information, whereas concrete construals increase reliance on substantive information. Experiment 1 provided evidence for a relative preference for affective versus substantive information when engaged in abstract and concrete construals, respectively. Experiment 2 replicated …