Mental Set and Creative Thought in Social Conflict: Threat Rigidity Versus Motivated Focus

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 648-661

  De Dreu, Carsten K W ^a   Nijstad, Bernard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conflict; creativity; information processing; motivation; rigidity

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

AFFECT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 51449107237     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.95.3.648     Document Type: Article

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