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The Influence of Heuristics on Psychological Science: A Case Study of Research on Creativity
Author(s) -
Lubart Todd I.,
Getz Isaac
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal for the theory of social behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5914
pISSN - 0021-8308
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5914.00083
Subject(s) - heuristics , creativity , heuristic , trilogy , psychology , variance (accounting) , psychological research , computer science , cognitive psychology , management science , social psychology , artificial intelligence , accounting , economics , business , operating system
Research heuristics—implicit rules used to guide work on a scientific problem—are explored for their role in guiding psychological research. Work on the psychology of creativity is used to illustrate how heuristics have guided research. We examine the influence of three heuristics: the trilogy‐of‐mind heuristic, the emotions‐as‐moods heuristic, and the analysis‐of‐variance heuristic. This analysis of multiple heuristics provides a new way to understand the state of research on creativity. In the discussion, the analysis is extended to other heuristics and to how heuristics may help as well as hinder innovative research.