The constraining effects of initial ideas.

By Steven M. Smith. 2003

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Fixation and creativity in concept development: the attitudes and practices of expert designers (2015, background): “…the successful completion of types of cognitive operations, such as those involved in remembering, solving problems, and generating creative ideas’ (Smith, 2003: p. 16) or ‘a potentially resolvable block or impediment to reaching the goal of one’s mental activity, something that blocks…”
Effects of Task Instructions and Brief Breaks on Brainstorming (2006, background): “This is called cognitive inertia by some (Dennis & Williams, 2003) and fixation by others (Smith, 2003).”
Crowdsourcing New Product Ideas over Time: An Analysis of the Dell IdeaStorm Community (2013, methodology): “Although there are no sure-ﬁre ways to overcome ﬁxation effects (Smith 2003), published research suggests that the use of analogies can help (Dahl and Moreau 2002, Linsey et al. 2010, Cardoso and Badke-Schaub 2011).”
Paradoxical frames and creative sparks: Enhancing individual creativity through conflict and integration (2011, background): “Specifically, they tend to approach a problem in the usual way for that class of problems, to make implicit assumptions without their own awareness, and to be guided by mental mindsets acquired through prior experience (Smith, 2003).”
Past Success and Creativity over Time: A Study of Inventors in the Hard Disk Drive Industry (2007, background): “that follow existing solutions too closely ( Smith, 2003 ).”
9 Creativity in Organizations (2007, background): “One explanation for potential benefits of incubation suggests that sometimes when people are consciously working on a task, they are blocked from considering alternative perspectives, different assumptions, or even evaluating the veracity of the information they are relying on (Dijkesterhuis & Meurs”
How to foster shared innovation within SMEs' networks: Social capital and the role of intermediaries (2015, background): “…both social or group innovation (Milliken, Bartel, & Kurtzberg, 2003; Montuori & Purser, 1999; Nemeth & Nemeth-Brown, 2003; Paulus, Brown, & Ortega, 1999; Smith, 2003), and shared innovation or communities of innovation (Coakes & Smith, 2007; Hakkarainen, Palonen, Paavola, & Lehtinen, 2004).”
Collaborative fixation: effects of others' ideas on brainstorming (2011, background): “…study, however, is that experimentally provided stimuli can cause fixation, defined as 'something that blocks or impedes the successful completion of various types of cognitive operations, such as those involved in remembering, solving problems, and generating creative ideas' (Smith, 2003, p. 16).”