Three randomly assigned groups of sixth grade students watched a videotaped white female model present sets of responses to a creativity test categorized as low flexibility, low originality; high flexibility, low originality; and high flexibility, high originality. A randomly assigned control group viewed the same videotaped model giving…

By employing an analytic method developed by the authors entitled the Inventory of Dramatic Behavior, this project set out to accomplish the following goals: (1) to provide a developmental profile of dramatic behavior of Florida elementary school children, (2) to correlate such data with previous results from a New York City sample, and (3) to…

A copy of the "What Kind of Person are You? Test, which was used to measure the creative personality of the students in the Georgia Governor's Honors Program, is provided. This instrument is a 50-item forced-choice creative personality inventory. The items call for the respondent to make a choice between socially desirable characteristics on…

The lack of a universal definition of creativity has led to the assessment of creativity according to the definition favored by the evaluator. These assessments fall into four groups. The first centers around the concept of the creative product; it assesses a tangible event or relationship that results from the creative process, which is implied…

The California Psychological Inventory (CP I) was used to discriminate between 60 male and 60 female creative artists who were further identified as established or not established in their field. Creative females resembled their male counterparts more than did males and females in general. Discrimination between established and less established…

This article demonstrates that the usual first-order factor model is inappropriate for analyzing the factor structure of creativity and intelligence tests. An alternative model that allows for the estimation of unique covariance between the fluency and originality scores is proposed. (Author/JAZ)

A method is described of deriving two alternative measures of divergent thinking ability as a single entity (avoiding the spurious effects of fluency) from student responses to open-ended questions traditionally used in tests of divergent thinking ability. (PN)

Studies the development of creativity (defined as the inclination to transgress the confines of an established perceptual context) in children ages 7 to 11. The main hypothesis, that signs of creativity would decrease at about 7 years of age and increase at about 10 to 11, was partially confirmed. (Author/RH)

The use of IQ scores as criteria for entry into gifted programs is criticized. Difficulties in test interpretation are noted, as are factors biasing the performance of culturally different students. The author cites flaws with intelligence, achievement, and creativity tests and suggests that locally designed and normal methods are preferable. (CL)

Age trends in ideational fluency were investigated by subjecting English schoolchildren to three tests. Consistent increases with age were found on the verbal divergent and Draw a Man tests but not on the figural divergent test. Sex did not significantly affect the results. (Author/MJL)

Three of Guilford's tests of divergent thinking were scored for ideational fluency and originality. The originality scores were reliable, but when the effects of ideational fluency were partialed out of the originality scores, all reliabilities showed substantial decrements; interest correlations dropped to zero or showed a substantial decrement.…

Using the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT), the study examined whether being classified as having normal, moderate, or severe behavior problems affected the creativity scores of 90 low income, nonmentally retarded boys (ages 8 to 12). (Author/PHR)

The absence of a systematically and readily available set of training activities may be the reason why studies on increasing creative thinking ability in educable mentally retarded children have had little or no influence on actual classroom practice. An experimental treatment program, commercially available and easy to administer, was used to…