Creativity and Domain Specificity: The Effect of Task Type on Multiple Indexes of Creative Problem-Solving

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-80

  Reiter Palmon, Roni ^a   Illies, Marcy Young ^a   Kobe Cross, Lisa ^b   Buboltz, CaraBeth ^c   Nimps, Tom ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b Taleo   (United States)

^c infoUSA   (United States)

^d Oriental Trading Company   (United States)

Author keywords

creative problem solving; divergent thinking; domain specificity; task effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549164286     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013410     Document Type: Article

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