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Främjas kreativitet av ljudet i caféer? - det irrelevanta bakgrundsljudets effekt på kreativitet hos studenter

Widfeldt, Sofia LU and Åhlin, Henrik LU (2014) PSYK11 20141
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The main focus of the study was to investigate the relationship between irrelevant background sound and creativity. A creativity test which intends to measure creativity in a gestalt-oriented and broad way, “TCT-DP”, was used. The participants, 83 students, were tested under two different conditions, one with and one without bakground sound. The results from using a t-test for
independent samples showed no significant difference between the groups. This was possibly due to the nature of the creativity test. Furthermore a Mann Whitney U-test was used to investigate a possible difference between distraction for the groups. However, results showed no significant difference here either.
Abstract (Swedish)
Huvudsyftet med studien var att undersöka om kreativitet påverkas av en vanlig miljöaspekt, irrelevant bakgrundsljud. Kreativitetstestet, “TCT-DP”, användes för att betrakta kreativitet från ett brett och gestaltorienterat perspektiv. Deltagarna var 83 studenter som testades under två olika förhållanden, med och utan bakgrundsljud. Resultatet från ett t-test för oberoende grupper visade att experimentgruppen inte fick signifikant bättre resultat än kontrollgruppen. Vidare undersöktes om skillnader fanns i distraktion hos grupperna. Dock hittades inga signifikanta skillnader här heller.
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author
Widfeldt, Sofia LU and Åhlin, Henrik LU
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course
PSYK11 20141
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
background sound, working environment, Creativity, irrelevant speech, TCT-DP, Kreativitet, arbetsmiljö, bakgrundsljud, irrelevant tal
language
Swedish
id
4467462
date added to LUP
2014-06-17 10:53:20
date last changed
2014-06-17 10:53:20
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  abstract     = {{The main focus of the study was to investigate the relationship between irrelevant background sound and creativity. A creativity test which intends to measure creativity in a gestalt-oriented and broad way, “TCT-DP”, was used. The participants, 83 students, were tested under two different conditions, one with and one without bakground sound. The results from using a t-test for
independent samples showed no significant difference between the groups. This was possibly due to the nature of the creativity test. Furthermore a Mann Whitney U-test was used to investigate a possible difference between distraction for the groups. However, results showed no significant difference here either.}},
  author       = {{Widfeldt, Sofia and Åhlin, Henrik}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Främjas kreativitet av ljudet i caféer? - det irrelevanta bakgrundsljudets effekt på kreativitet hos studenter}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}