Combining concept maps to catalyze creativity

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Abstract

Combining concept maps AIDS creative problem solving. In two studies, participants were presented with a story describing a problem and its solution. They were then asked to read an analogous problem and provide a solution. In order to facilitate transfer from the first story to the second, concept maps of the stories were elicited and participants instructed to combine them. The results show that participants were more likely to solve the problem when they produced and combined concept maps, as compared to a condition in which concept maps were used without combination, and compared to a condition in which no maps were used, but instead summaries were created and combined.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationC and C 2011 - Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition
Pages13-20
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781450308205
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Nov 2011
Event8th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C and C 2011 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: 3 Nov 20116 Nov 2011

Publication series

NameC and C 2011 - Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition

Conference

Conference8th ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C and C 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period3/11/116/11/11

Keywords

  • Analogy
  • Combination
  • Concept map
  • Creativity

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