Suspicious spirits, flexible minds: When distrust enhances creativity

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1262-1277

  Mayer, Jennifer ^a   Mussweiler, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Creativity; Distrust; Priming; Suspicion

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DECEPTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; TRUST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; CUES; DECEPTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TRUST;

EID: 82955165101     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024407     Document Type: Article

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