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Mumford, Michael D.; And Others – Creativity Research Journal, 1996
College students (N=135) were presented with novel, ill-defined problems and asked to select concepts they thought would help solve the problems. The use of concepts organized around long-term goals was positively related to indices of solution quality and originality. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation, Creative Thinking
