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Distant Temporal Distance and Creative Thinking: The Mediating Role of Promotion Motivation.


ABSTRACT: The present study examined the effect of distant temporal distance on creative thinking and the underlying motivation mechanism. We tested our hypotheses in four studies. In Studies 1-4, participants in the distant temporal distance opposed to the proximal temporal distance performed better on a series of creative thinking tasks: the Verbal Divergent Thinking Test (Study 1), the Chinese Remote Associates Test (Study 2), the Toy Design Task (Study 3) and the Ad Evaluation Task (Study 4). Moreover, Studies 2 and 3 found that promotion motivation mediated the beneficial effect of distant temporal distance on the performance of the two creative thinking tasks. In conclusion, distant temporal distance facilitated creative thinking, and promotion motivation mediated this beneficial effect.

SUBMITTER: Chen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677139 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Distant Temporal Distance and Creative Thinking: The Mediating Role of Promotion Motivation.

Chen Peipei P   Zhang Jinghuan J   Qi Yiliang Y  

Frontiers in psychology 20201106


The present study examined the effect of distant temporal distance on creative thinking and the underlying motivation mechanism. We tested our hypotheses in four studies. In Studies 1-4, participants in the distant temporal distance opposed to the proximal temporal distance performed better on a series of creative thinking tasks: the Verbal Divergent Thinking Test (Study 1), the Chinese Remote Associates Test (Study 2), the Toy Design Task (Study 3) and the Ad Evaluation Task (Study 4). Moreover  ...[more]

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