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Thinking style and psychosis proneness do not predict false insights
Hilary J Grimmer1, Ruben E Laukkonen2, Anna Freydenzon3
1School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Australia.
Consciousness and Cognition
|August 7, 2022
Summary
False insights, or
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psychopathology
Background:
- The Feeling of Insight in Anagrams (FIAT) paradigm elicits false insights.
- Psychotic symptoms are sometimes linked to strong 'Aha!' feelings.
- This suggests a potential link between false insights and psychosis proneness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate if individuals with higher false insight experiences are more prone to psychosis.
- To explore the relationship between experimentally induced false insights and various cognitive and personality measures.
Main Methods:
- Administered an adapted FIAT paradigm to 200 participants.
- Collected data on thinking styles and psychosis proneness.
- Assessed Schizotypy, Need for Cognition, Jumping to Conclusions, Aberrant Salience, Faith in Intuition, and Cognitive Reflection Task performance.
Main Results:
- No significant association was found between experimentally induced false insights and psychosis proneness measures.
- No correlation was observed with Schizotypy, Need for Cognition, Jumping to Conclusions, Aberrant Salience, Faith in Intuition, or Cognitive Reflection Task.
Conclusions:
- Experiencing false insights does not appear to be linked to specific personality types or psychosis proneness.
- False insights may be a common cognitive phenomenon, occurring in anyone under certain conditions.
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