创意丰富的人更容易骗人？

Creative thinkers are more likely to cheat as they can come up with elaborate explanations to justify their actions, researchers claim.
最近有研究发现，创造力无限的思想者更容易骗人，因为他们能想出各种解释为自己的行为辩护。

The psychologists tested a range of students and found that those with vivid imaginations cheated in order to get a bigger financial prize.
心理学家测试了一批学生，发现其中有丰富想象力的更容易为了更丰厚的奖金报酬而骗人或作弊。

The students then used their creative thinking skills to come up with different reasons for their actions and ultimately assuage their guilt.
这些学生用他们的创意思维能力想出各种借口为自己的行动辩护，最后减轻了自己的内疚感。

'Greater creativity helps individuals solve difficult tasks across many domains,' study researcher Francesca Gino of Harvard University said in a statement, according to LiveScience. 'But creative sparks may lead individuals to take unethical routes when searching for solutions to problems and tasks.'
哈佛大学研究人员Francesca Gino表示：“创造力的确有助于人们解决许多领域里面临的困难，但创意的火花可能导致某些人在解决问题完成任务时采取不道德的途径。”

Scientists asked 97 students from southeastern U.S. universities to complete a series of recognised psychological tests.
科学家研究了美国东南部大学的97名学生，要求他们完成一系列广受认可的心理学测试。

Participants looked at drawings with dots on two sides of a diagonal line and were then asked figure out which side had more dots. In half of the 200 tests, there was a virtually identical number of dots on either side.
参与者需要看着一条对角线两侧有圆点的图案，然后指出哪一侧的圆点更多。在一共200个测试中，有一半其实两侧的圆点数量相同。

The students were then given an incentive of 5 cents for choosing the right side of the line but only 0.5 cents for picking the left side of diagram.
研究者事先告诉学生奖励的方法：选线右侧可以得到5美分，选左侧只能拿到0.5美分。

The more creative people chose the more lucrative right side even though there was no reason for them to believe it had more dots.
创意性更丰富的人即使在明知没有理由确定右边的圆点多的情况下，也会选择奖励更为丰厚的右侧。