Convergent thinking solved more insight problems than did the control group, however, there was no significant difference between subjects using convergent or divergent thinking. For the divergent thinking tasks, although together all of the divergent tasks demonstrated a correlation, they were not significant when examined between conditions. With increasing evidence suggesting that emotions can affect underlying cognitive processes, recent approaches have also explored the opposite, that cognitive processes can also affect one's mood. Research indicates that preparing for a creative thinking task induces mood swings depending on what type of thinking is used for the task. The results demonstrate that carrying out
Thinking like a mountain this sort of living as a basis for environmental ethics. Thiele summarizes his view of thinking like a mountain as The idea of thinking like a mountain has also permeated its way into the world of full length movies and documentaries. "Green Fire", released in 2011, is a documentary about Aldo Leopold’s influence on modern environmentalism and revolves around the concept of thinking like a mountain. The name "Green Fire" was meant to capture the image of Leopold’s dying she wolf and the passion with which he pursued environmental justice and ecological balance throughout his life. Filmmaker Alexander Hick spent