von Stumm, Sophie orcid.org/0000-0002-0447-5471 and Scott, Hannah (2019) Imagination links with schizotypal beliefs, not with creativity or learning. British journal of psychology. ISSN 0007-1269
Abstract
Imagination refers to creating mental representations of concepts, ideas, and sensations that are not contemporaneously perceived by the senses. Although it is key to human individuality, research on imagination is scarce. To address this gap, we developed here a new psychometric test to assess individual differences in imagination and explored the role of imagination for learning, creativity, and schizotypal beliefs. In a laboratory-based (N = 180) and an online study (N = 128), we found that imagination is only weakly associated with learning achievement and creativity, accounting for 2–8% of the variance. By contrast, imagination accounted for 22.5% of the variance in schizotypal beliefs, suggesting overall that imagination may be more indicative of cognitive eccentricities rather than benefit the accumulation of knowledge or production of novel and useful ideas.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 The British Psychological Society. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | creativity,imagination,Imaginative Behaviour Engagement Scale,learning,schizotypal beliefs |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2019 13:30 |
Last Modified: | 07 Mar 2025 00:06 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12369 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/bjop.12369 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:148835 |