We provide comprehensive information about group discussion
The lack of attention to group discussion factors in the creativity field is consistent with much
evidence in the literature that groups may inhibit intellectual activity or optimal performance....
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We provide comprehensive information about group discussion
The lack of attention to group discussion factors in the creativity field is consistent with much
evidence in the literature that groups may inhibit intellectual activity or optimal performance.
Groups may feel pressure to achieve premature consensus, leading to suboptimal and
noncreative solutions Group Discussion , contexts can lower accountability and individual
motivation to perform at a high level Groups that share information tend to focus on common
rather than unique ideas However, even in this literature there is a glimmer of hope.
Research
on minority influence in group contexts has discovered that exposure to minority points of view
can increase creative thinking in other domains In 1992, Karen Radtke, a property management
executive, met Jane Cavanaugh, shortly after Jane moved into the Wrigleyville neighborhood of
Chicago.
At the time, Cavanaugh was single and struggling to make a career in acting, while
Radtke
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