APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Indecisiveness-Related Thoroughness Does Not Extend to Divergent Thinking Task

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Cognitive

  • Liana Mathias
    Wesleyan University
  • Andrea Patalano
    Wesleyan University

Abstract

Does indecisiveness-related thoroughness in predecisional information generation extend to divergent thinking contexts? Forty-eight undergraduates completed an indecisiveness scale and a version of the Alternative Uses Test. Indecisiveness was not associated with fluency, flexibility, or originality or response. Thoroughness might emerge only when information generation can reduce choice uncertainty.

Judgment and Decision Making

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