9- How is Creativity Measured? Flashcards

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What was intelligence previously an umbrella term for? (3 points)

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Knowledge, creativity, problem solving

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Who created the original intelligence test?

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Binet and Simon, 1905

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What did Guildford’s Alternative Uses Test suggest in order to test intelligence?

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We must be more intelligent if we can come up with more alternative uses

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What intelligence test is used in school entrance exams?

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Torrance Test of Creative Thinking

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How important is creativity in job interviews?

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It is the 3rd out of 10 most desired traits employers look for

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How did creativity develop through societal evolution and advancement? (4 points)

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  • Using rocks as tools
  • Inventing the wheel
  • Using steam to power engines
  • Language development and interaction
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What did Guildford say about his Divergent Thinking Model?

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‘Person who is capable of producing a large number of ideas per unit of time… has a greater chance of having significant ideas’

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What evidence for the usefulness of Guildford’s Alternative Uses Test did Kudrowitz and Dippo find?

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Participants found alternative uses for a paperclip- more responses caused them to be more novel, and later responses were more novel than earlier responses

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What was the Remote Associates Test?

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Participants were given collection of words and asked to find word that linked them

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What did Kounios and Beeman find about the Remote Associates Test?

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Solving this problem required conceptual reorganisation and creativity involves processing loss

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How did Taft and Rossiter critique the Remote Associates Test?

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It may be biased by culture or verbal ability

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How do Marko, Michalko and Riecansky critique the Remote Associates Test?

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It is more of a test of semantic association/recall, rather than creativity

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What does a consequences test allow us to explore?

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How one utilises their imagination

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Why are we free to use our imaginations in a consequences test?

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There are no real consequences or historical events to compare to

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Who showed greater creativity when Furnham & Nederstrom studied it?

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Females

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Which big 5 traits correlated with creativity according to Furnham and Nederstrom?

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Extraversion

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What was the strongest predictor of creativity on Furnham and Nederstrom’s consequences test?

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Verbal reasoning

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What were the 4 dimensions used in the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking?

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Figural, verbal, picture completion and product improvement

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What are the 5 ways of scoring creativity?

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Group norms- compare responses to sample studied
Consensus scoring- compare responses to random sample
Creativity quotient- compare creativity score to expected score
Experts- creativity experts provide judgement
Creative achievement questionnaires