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For Creative People, Cheating Comes More Easily
NPR: Five months after the implosion of Enron, Feb. 12, 2002, the company’s chief executive, Ken Lay, finally stood in front of Congress and the world, and placed his hand on a Bible. At that
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Creativity Linked to Rule Bending
Scientific American: Why do cheaters cheat? Perhaps because they can think up original ways to avoid work: a new study finds that creativity is tied to a willingness to cheat. The work is in the
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Why Creative Types May Be More Likely to Cheat
TIME: Creative people think “outside the box,” a gift of psychological flexibility that, it turns out, may also apply to their ethics, according to the latest research from the American Psychological Association. Creative types, in
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Creative thinkers ‘more likely to cheat’ as they can dream up more imaginative defences
Daily Mail: Creative thinkers are more likely to cheat as they can come up with elaborate explanations to justify their actions, researchers claim. The psychologists tested a range of students and found that those with
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Creative Thinkers More Likely to Cheat
LiveScience: When it comes t0 money, creative people are more likely to cheat to get it than the less-imaginative crowd, a new study suggests. The reason? Creative types may be more skilled at coming up
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Is There A Hidden Bias Against Creativity?
CEOs, teachers, and leaders claim they want creative ideas to solve problems. But creative ideas are rejected all the time. A new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a
