Abstract
Our participants observed a series of degraded images of two artworks using a microgenetic method. What would be an observer’s response to a visual image depicting an act of violence? While the microgenetic method was expected to elicit aggressive ideation, two competing hypotheses were considered: (a) more aggressive content in the verbal reports, or (b) less aggressive content in the verbal reports. Both hypotheses are supported by our data. For individuals suffering from mental disorders, having a history of aggression, we report a low level of ideational fluency and a high level of aggressive ideation; for creative individuals who study or work in creative fields (e.g., music, painting, and sculpting), with no psychiatric history, we report a high level of ideational fluency and a low level of aggressive ideation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 311-334 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Psychology of Consciousness: Theory Research, and Practice |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021. American Psychological Association
Keywords
- Absorption
- Aggression
- Creativity
- Mental disorder
- Microgenesis
