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Study: Dishonesty May Actually Lead to Greater Creativity

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 09:33:14 +0000

What dishonesty and creativity have in common Acting dishonestly leaves people feeling less constrained by rules which enhances creativity. Creative people are also more likely to come up with creative justifications of their immoral behaviors. Dishonesty involves breaking the social principle or rule that people should tell the truth. Creative people use divergent thinking which requires […]

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Consider This Before You Clean Up Your Room (Messy Rooms Encourage Creativity)

Simon Moesgaard — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:02:00 +0000

Sometimes, we prefer convention such as order, rules, and tradition. Other times, we prefer to break free from convention. Both order and disorder are present in nature and culture. Physical order has often been linked to morality and correctness, whereas disorder has been linked to deviations and even destructrive behaviours. The perception of order or […]

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