Effect of Induced Stress on Convergent and Divergent Thinking
Psychological ReportsPublished 1 June 1969
Harry Krop, Cecilia E. Alegre, Carl D. Williams
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The data suggest that certain intellectual abilities are influenced more readily than others by psychological stress.
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Measures of convergent and divergent thinking were obtained from college students before and after the presentation of either a disturbing motion picture film or a benign control film. Induced stress was found to inhibit divergent thinking but to have no effect on convergent thinking. The data suggest that certain intellectual abilities are influenced more readily than others by psychological stress.
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