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College Ss were instructed to imagine themselves within a particular situation and to list uses for a given object within that situation. These Ss produced a larger total number of ideas, a larger number of original (unique) ideas, a larger proportion of original-to-total ideas, a larger number of “good” ideas, and a greater proportion of good-to-total ideas than Ss not receiving the Situations instructions.
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1. This research was performed pursuant to contract OE 5-10-154 with the United States Office of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, under the provisions of the Cooperative Research Program. Alice Train assisted with the ratings.
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Davis, G.A., Manske, M.E. An instructional method for increasing originality. Psychon Sci 6, 73–74 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327963
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