Children always have a messy desk, homework books and extracurricular books are scattered east and west, and snacks and toys are everywhere.
Every time they were asked to clean up, they were not happy, and the older children would reply and say, "The mess on the table shows that I am smart!" ”
Is this really the case?
Einstein, his old man, never liked others cleaning up his desktop. He is also said to say to the person who asked him to clean up the table: "If a messy table top means a messy mind, what does an empty table mean?" ”
Mark Twain also has "cluttered famous scenes".
Jobs thought his personal charm started with a messy desktop. (Really, I don't believe it.) ）
Mark Zuckerberg's desk is also the degree to which it needs to be criticized in the eyes of parents.
These creative geniuses happen to have a messy table. But this does not seem to be universal, after all, the same table clutter I have not yet become a genius!
So where did the "more chaotic the table, the smarter the conclusion" come about?
Kathleen D. Vohs from the University of Minnesota and her colleagues did some experiments trying to figure out the impact of the environment on people's creativity and decision-making.
They randomly assigned 48 U.S. college students to a neat or messy Category 2 room and asked them to complete the same task in the room.
The experimental results showed that the overall score of students in the cluttered room was significantly better than that of the students in the tidy room. It follows that cluttered rooms are more likely to stimulate people's creativity.
Let's elaborate on what's wrong.
1. The study has nothing to do with child psychology
The purpose of the study was "how the environment influences people's decision-making", not to be related to the psychology of children. The subjects are also adults, who have mature minds and complete personalities, which are different from children.
2. The experimental sample size is too small
There were only 48 participants in the experiment, which is a very small sample size in the behavioral experiment, and the contingency factor of the experiment will increase.
3. Long-term effects are not considered
The experimental design did not take into account the role of time, that is, the conclusion did not necessarily support the behavior of people in long-term messy or tidy links.
4. Data analysis is biased
The whole conclusion relies only on a simple t-test to show the mean difference between the two groups, without controlling any other variables, let alone any causal analysis.
Whether a clutter desk can bring creativity to children is not clear, but most children will be distracted in front of a clutter desk.
It is not very common for a child to go through the entire table in search of an eraser, delay the time to write homework, and may also find a toy that was not found last time and forget the homework in the process of searching.
For younger children, they can't suppress their distractions and force themselves to concentrate, so the cluttered space hinders their perception of objects and inhibits the brain's executive control.
Children who have been in a chaotic environment for a long time are likely to have a negative impact on their concentration, memory, and learning ability.
So, kids with messy desks aren't necessarily creative, but are likely to lack concentration. Parents must remember to urge their children to tidy up their desks.
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