Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)

Forgetting in Creative Problem Solving for College Students

Authors
Yue Zhao1, *
1Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
*Corresponding author email: 201811010189@mail.bnu.edu.cn
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Yue Zhao
Available Online 17 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.169How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Retrieval-induced forgetting; incubation; creative problem solving
Abstract

As more and more benefits of forgetting have been found in recent studies, whether forgetting could promote individual’s ability of creative problem solving remains a controversial debate. Once the associations between forgetting and creative problem solving are proved, we could promote one’s ability of creative problem solving by inducing specific forgetting. This paper discusses the effect of two types of forgetting: a) the retrieval-induced forgetting and b) the forgetting during incubation, in benefiting creative problem solving by introducing and analysing the relevant experiments. The results reveal that retrieval-induced forgetting only works when previous mental fixations occurs and the promotion varies when solving different types of problems. The level of RIF is irrelevant to the performance in solving closed-ended creative problems and high level of RIF even impairs the creativity when solving open-ended problems. Forgetting during incubation cannot explain the incubation effect. The spreading activation of relevant information or the unconscious work are more likely to be the possible reasons. In conclusion, this paper brings about the discussions about the work conditions and effects of forgetting in creative problem solving.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 January 2022
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.169
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.169How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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