Schizotypy and Performance on an Insight Problem-Solving Task: The Contribution of Persecutory Ideation
Insight problem solving is thought to underpin creative thought as it incorporates both divergent (generating multiple ideas and solutions) and convergent (arriving at the optimal solution) thinking approaches. The current literature on schizotypy and creativity is mixed and requires clarification....
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| author | Jan Cosgrave Jan Cosgrave Ross Haines Stuart Golodetz Gordon Claridge Katharina Wulff Dalena van Heugten – van der Kloet Dalena van Heugten – van der Kloet |
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| description | Insight problem solving is thought to underpin creative thought as it incorporates both divergent (generating multiple ideas and solutions) and convergent (arriving at the optimal solution) thinking approaches. The current literature on schizotypy and creativity is mixed and requires clarification. An alternate approach was employed by designing an exploratory web-based study using only correlates of schizotypal traits (paranoia, dissociation, cognitive failures, fantasy proneness, and unusual sleep experiences) and examining which (if any) predicted optimal performance on an insight problem-solving task. One hundred and twenty-one participants were recruited online from the general population and completed the number reduction task. The discovery of the hidden rule (HR) was used as a measure of insight. Multivariate logistic regression analyses highlighted persecutory ideation to best predict the discovery of the HR (OR = 1.05; 95% CI 1.01–1.10, p = 0.017), with a one-point increase in persecutory ideas corresponding to the participant being 5% more likely to discover the HR. This result suggests that persecutory ideation, above other schizotypy correlates, may be involved in insight problem solving. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a000636f77e54429ae6680986366588e2022-12-22T02:47:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-05-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.00708340880Schizotypy and Performance on an Insight Problem-Solving Task: The Contribution of Persecutory IdeationJan Cosgrave0Jan Cosgrave1Ross Haines2Stuart Golodetz3Gordon Claridge4Katharina Wulff5Dalena van Heugten – van der Kloet6Dalena van Heugten – van der Kloet7Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesSleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Sciences Division, The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomDepartment of Statistics, Mathematical, Physical, and Life Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomOxford Smart Specs Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Medical Sciences Division, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomSleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Sciences Division, The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomSleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Sciences Division, The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomSocial Work and Public Health, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United KingdomInsight problem solving is thought to underpin creative thought as it incorporates both divergent (generating multiple ideas and solutions) and convergent (arriving at the optimal solution) thinking approaches. The current literature on schizotypy and creativity is mixed and requires clarification. An alternate approach was employed by designing an exploratory web-based study using only correlates of schizotypal traits (paranoia, dissociation, cognitive failures, fantasy proneness, and unusual sleep experiences) and examining which (if any) predicted optimal performance on an insight problem-solving task. One hundred and twenty-one participants were recruited online from the general population and completed the number reduction task. The discovery of the hidden rule (HR) was used as a measure of insight. Multivariate logistic regression analyses highlighted persecutory ideation to best predict the discovery of the HR (OR = 1.05; 95% CI 1.01–1.10, p = 0.017), with a one-point increase in persecutory ideas corresponding to the participant being 5% more likely to discover the HR. This result suggests that persecutory ideation, above other schizotypy correlates, may be involved in insight problem solving.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00708/fullschizotypyinsight problem solvingparanoiapersecutory ideasnumber reduction taskcreativity |
| spellingShingle | Jan Cosgrave Jan Cosgrave Ross Haines Stuart Golodetz Gordon Claridge Katharina Wulff Dalena van Heugten – van der Kloet Dalena van Heugten – van der Kloet Schizotypy and Performance on an Insight Problem-Solving Task: The Contribution of Persecutory Ideation Frontiers in Psychology schizotypy insight problem solving paranoia persecutory ideas number reduction task creativity |
| title | Schizotypy and Performance on an Insight Problem-Solving Task: The Contribution of Persecutory Ideation |
| title_full | Schizotypy and Performance on an Insight Problem-Solving Task: The Contribution of Persecutory Ideation |
| title_fullStr | Schizotypy and Performance on an Insight Problem-Solving Task: The Contribution of Persecutory Ideation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Schizotypy and Performance on an Insight Problem-Solving Task: The Contribution of Persecutory Ideation |
| title_short | Schizotypy and Performance on an Insight Problem-Solving Task: The Contribution of Persecutory Ideation |
| title_sort | schizotypy and performance on an insight problem solving task the contribution of persecutory ideation |
| topic | schizotypy insight problem solving paranoia persecutory ideas number reduction task creativity |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00708/full |
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