The Sex Facilitation Effect in Creative Activities

The research was designed to explore the influence of sex facilitation effect in creative activities. In experiment 1, we chose Remote Associative Tests and Alternative Uses Tests. In experiment 2, problem situations on scientific innovation were selected as materials. The above cooperative studies investigated two issues—the first is whether the presence of opposite sex will affect one's divergent thinking, convergent thinking, and creativity or not; and the second is whether the sex facilitation effect exists. The data showed the opposite sex situation would enhance the perfor- mance, when undergraduates accomplished the creative questions (RAT and problem situations on scientific innovation). It reveals that sex facilitation effect happens in the advanced mental process. In addition, sex facilitation effect seemingly occurs in the female creative process, and this issue is waiting for further studies.