Creative People May Cheat Easily

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We always praise creativity and have a high regards for creative people.. however, do you think that Creative people Cheat? well, the study findings suggest so.
Creative thinkers or people with creative minds are more prone to cheat in compare to less creative- study. The creative people who are original thinker possess ability to rationalise, their actions- says researchers of Harvard and Duke University.

“The study findings suggest that people who are creative or work in environments that promote creative thinking may be the most at risk when they face ethical dilemmas."- noted researchers.
To understand and know whether creative people would cheat to justify their dishonesty in certain situation, the researchers conducted five experiments.

Study

As a part of study, all participants’ creativity and intelligence were tested before giving them a task. Participants were given a small amount of money just for showing up. In each experiments they were given tasks to get more paid, and were allowed to take advantages of the opportunities for cheating. The chances to cheat were purposely staged by the researchers, but the participants didn't know that.

Findings
Findings suggest that more creative people were much more likely to cheat and that there was no link between intelligence and dishonesty. For example, more intelligent but less creative people were not more likely to cheat.

Researcher’s view and Explanation

"Greater creativity helps individuals solve difficult tasks across many domains, but creative sparks may lead individuals to take unethical routes when searching for solutions to problems and tasks," lead researcher Francesca Gino of Harvard University said in a journal news release.
"Dishonesty and innovation are two of the topics most widely written about in the popular press," the researchers wrote. "Yet, to date, the relationship between creativity and dishonest behaviour has not been studied empirically.

The findings appear online in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Beware of Creativity???

news source: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=152075

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4 comments

Comment Link Wednesday, 04 April 2012 19:18 posted by Lynda
This is by far the biggest 'reach' I have seen in a long time. I am a creative person, I find solutions to problems, I don't 'cheat'. In school I knew that in the real world if I did not know what I was doing it would be proven, so I found ways to 'adapt'. Every person who doesn't understand or know the answer but realizes they will fail or do without has the inclination/motive to cheat. The ones who do are probably not 'creative' enough to find a better way.
Comment Link Monday, 19 December 2011 12:25 posted by Minal
Creativity is just another word for the capacity to cheat.
Comment Link Monday, 19 December 2011 12:18 posted by Barbara
Although not all creative people are cheaters....
Comment Link Monday, 05 December 2011 12:36 posted by Allen
If the guy sitting next to me in colllege had applied himself, I would have done a lot better.