A study of 115 undergraduate psychology students was undertaken to determine (1) if the average college student could fake the response pattern of a highly creative person or an uncreative drudge, (2) if a social desirability scale could detect fakers, and (3) if high creativity is fakable, whether positive traits are more easily faked than…

The correlations between the Personal Orientation Inventory and Inventory of Temporal Experiences are investigated. The interpretations of these findings are made in light of the theories which postulate a convergence between time, self actualization and creativity. (Author/DEP)