Are two heads better than one? Investigating the influence of collaboration on creative problem solving using the Remote Associates Task (RAT).

IF 2.1 3区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Journal of Experimental Psychology-Applied Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI:10.1037/xap0000533

Alexander G Knopps, Kathryn T Wissman

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Creativity and collaboration are considered fundamental skills for student success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education (Karimi & Pina, 2021) and consistently among the top-ranked skills for employers (Flaherty, 2021). The Remote Association Task (RAT) is an increasingly used tool to measure creative problem solving (Wu et al., 2020). However, no research has systematically investigated the effectiveness of working collaboratively versus individually using the RAT. The current research collected data between 2022 and 2023 on collaborative versus individual problem solving using the RAT. Participants worked collaboratively or individually to solve 20 RAT problems (Experiments 1 and 2) and completed a later individual test that involved the same 20 RAT problems and 20 novel RAT problems (Experiment 2). Outcomes suggest collaboration provides no benefits during initial problem solving but may benefit later individual problem solving. Evaluating how best to support creative processes in the context of collaboration has implications for supporting student success and helping them develop highly applicable skills. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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三个臭皮匠胜过一个诸葛亮吗？利用远程合作任务（RAT）研究协作对创造性问题解决的影响。

创造力和协作被认为是学生在科学、技术、工程和数学教育中取得成功的基本技能（Karimi & Pina, 2021），也是雇主最看重的技能之一（Flaherty, 2021）。远程关联任务（RAT）是一种越来越多地用于衡量创造性解决问题的工具（Wu et al., 2020）。然而，没有研究系统地调查了使用RAT进行协作与单独工作的有效性。目前的研究收集了2022年至2023年之间使用RAT进行协作与个人解决问题的数据。参与者合作或单独解决20个鼠题（实验1和2），并完成随后的个人测试，包括相同的20个鼠题和20个新的鼠题（实验2）。结果表明，在最初解决问题的过程中，合作没有任何好处，但可能有利于以后个人解决问题。评估如何在协作的背景下最好地支持创造性过程，对于支持学生的成功和帮助他们发展高度适用的技能具有重要意义。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology-Applied PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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4.90

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3.80%

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110

期刊介绍： The mission of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied® is to publish original empirical investigations in experimental psychology that bridge practically oriented problems and psychological theory. The journal also publishes research aimed at developing and testing of models of cognitive processing or behavior in applied situations, including laboratory and field settings. Occasionally, review articles are considered for publication if they contribute significantly to important topics within applied experimental psychology. Areas of interest include applications of perception, attention, memory, decision making, reasoning, information processing, problem solving, learning, and skill acquisition.