心理科学 ›› 2025, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (3): 524-532.DOI: 10.16719/j.cnki.1671-6981.20250302

• 庆祝《心理科学》创刊60周年专栏·发展与教育 • 上一篇    下一篇

同伴压力对创意选择的影响:基于决策双参照点效应的研究*

刘迪1,2, 马玉赫2, 师保国**2   

  1. 1西南大学心理学部,教育部“认知与人格”重点实验室,重庆,400715;
    2首都师范大学心理学院,北京市“学习与认知”重点实验室,北京,100048
  • 出版日期:2025-05-20 发布日期:2025-05-30
  • 通讯作者: **师保国,E-mail:baoguoshi@cnu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    *本研究得到国家自然科学基金项目(32471120; 32071080),北京市社会科学基金项目和北京市教委社科计划重点项目(SZ202210028016)的资助

The Influence of Peer Pressure on Creative Idea Selection: A Study based on the Dual Reference Point Effect in Decision-Making

Liu Di1,2, Ma Yuhe2, Shi Baoguo2   

  1. 1Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Ministry of Education), Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715;
    2Beijing Key Laboratory of Learning and Cognition, School of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048
  • Online:2025-05-20 Published:2025-05-30

摘要: 同伴压力作为一种重要的社会环境因素会影响创意生成,但其对个体创意选择的作用及机制尚待探究。研究从决策的双参照点效应出发,使用问卷调查和行为实验方法,以“18选5”任务作为创意选择测评工具,分别从个体认同感与环境两方面入手考察了同伴压力对处于成年早期个体创意选择的影响作用及其机制。结果发现同伴压力认同感会促使大学生做出高实用的创意选择,冲动性在其中起调节作用,具体来说,对低冲动性个体,较高的同伴压力认同感会带来偏向高实用性的创意选择,而高冲动性则缓冲了同伴压力认同感的影响;而操纵真实同伴在场时,会促使其规避高新颖性的创意选择,而高冲动性人格同样会减少这一规避效应。

关键词: 创意选择, 同伴压力认同感, 同伴压力环境, 冲动性, 大学生

Abstract: Creativity can be categorized into two primary stages: the generation of creative ideas and the selection of creative ideas. The generation of creative ideas pertains to the intellectual quality of products that are novel, unique, and valuable. Conversely, the selection of creative ideas involves the process of choosing among potential creative ideas. The cultivation of creative thinking and the enhancement of performance in creative ideas generation have garnered increasing attention; equally important is the process of selecting creative ideas. Prior research indicates that various factors—such as environmental influences, personality traits, emotional states, and social-cultural contexts—significantly impact individuals' capabilities in making creative choices. Among these factors, peer pressure emerges as a critical social environmental influence with profound effects on individuals. It heightens the likelihood of adolescents engaging in smoking, drinking, and drug use while potentially affecting students' creativity levels as well. Furthermore, certain personality characteristics may also modulate the relationship between peer pressure identification, peer pressure environments, and the selection of creative ideas. The creative selection process is a decision-making process involving creativity, where risks are assessed, and the optimal solution is selected. When faced with multiple choices, decision-makers not only rely on their own judgments (personal reference points) but also consider the perspectives of others and society (social reference points). This suggests that when exploring the factors influencing creative selection, it is important to focus not only on individual factors but also on external social environmental factors. Therefore, this study aims to explore peer pressure from both the individual's perception of peer pressure and the actual peer environment.
This study investigates how peer pressure affects college students’ performance in selecting creative ideas through questionnaires (N = 299) and behavioral experiments (N = 70). Peer pressure was examined from two perspectives: perceived peer pressure by individuals—termed peer pressure identification—and actual behavioral responses within a peer-pressure environment. In the first study, we concentrated on exploring the correlation between peer pressure identification and college students’ performance in selecting creative ideas while assessing the role played by impulsive personality traits. Both peer pressure identification and impulsive personality were evaluated using questionnaires; meanwhile, performance in selecting creative ideas was assessed via a task titled “top 5 out of 18.” The second study aimed to determine whether participants' performances in selecting creative ideas differed when compared to those operating within a stress-free environment devoid of peers. An experimental control method was employed to evaluate how a peer-pressure context impacts college students’ performance in selecting creative ideas.
The results showed that peer pressure identification and peer environment significantly influenced college students' creative choice performance, and impulsivity played a moderating role in this process. For individuals with low impulsivity, a higher level of peer pressure identification was associated with a tendency toward more pragmatic creative choices. Conversely, high impulsivity buffered the influence of peer pressure identification. When manipulating the presence of real peers, individuals would avoid selecting high-novelty creative ideas, and high impulsivity personality would reduce this avoidance effect. Overall, this study found that both peer pressure identification and peer pressure environment significantly influence college students' creative choice performance, with impulsive personality playing a moderating role. When they perceived high peer pressure or in the presence of peers, individuals were more likely to favor highly appropriate ideas over highly novel ones when making creative choices. This effect is more pronounced in individuals with low impulsivity, while it diminishes in those with high impulsivity.
This study examines the interaction between peer pressure and individual cognitive styles on creative choices from the perspective of dual reference points in the decision-making cognitive process, which more closely reflects creative choices in real-world situations. Whether it’s leaders making innovative decisions in organizational management or consumers accepting innovative products in the economic field, they are inevitably influenced by a combination of individual styles and social environment factors. The introduction of dual reference points will help provide more theoretical evidence for understanding the creative choices of leaders and consumers. These findings provide theoretical evidence and inspiration for the influence of peer pressure on creative idea selection in school education contexts and organizational behavior and consumer behavior.

Key words: creative idea selection, peer pressure identification, peer environment, impulsive personality, college students