Examining the attribute inheritance in Janusian thinking: An intensional study on the mechanisms of combining opposite concepts.

Abstract

Janusian thinking is a creative process wherein two opposite concepts are conceived simultaneously. This research, composed of two studies, aimed to examine the attribute inheritance in Janusian thinking through an intensional approach. The first study, which recruited 50 undergraduate students, was intended to produce a list of attributes for each of the four sets of concepts and their conjunctions. The second study, which recruited a different group of 60 undergraduate students, was committed to rating the importance of attributes for each constituent and conjunction. As indicated by the findings, the rated importance of the attributes for the two opposite constituents could significantly predict the rated importance of the attributes for the two-opposite-word conjunction. Rather, the fit of the predictive equations for the two-opposite-word conjunction was poorer than that for the two-relevant-word conjunction. During Janusian thinking, the two opposite constituents did not make equal contributions to the conjunction; however, each constituent significantly contributed to the conjunction, independent of the other constituent. The phenomena of inheritance failure and noncompositionality occurred in Janusian thinking, as well as in combining relevant words. In addition, Janusian thinking did not follow the necessity and impossibility constraints completely. Discussion and implication were provided in the context of pertinent literature.

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