Measuring creativityGroup 6 - task group 2

Erko RistheinKristaps Renga

Aleksejs Razzivins

Creativity tests1.Divergent thinking2.Convergent thinking3.Artistic assessments4.Self assessments

 

 

1. Divergent thinking

Definition

"Divergent thinking is a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions."

Scoring

1.Originality - statistical infrequency of response2.Quantity - number of responses3.Quality - the degree of difference of the responses,

in other words do they come from a single domain or multiple domains

Some sample questions

• Ways to cross a lake?• Possible uses for a pencil?•  Possible uses for a paperclip?

Measurement

1.Originality - All the responses will be ranked by their frequency. Less frequent answers = higher score.

2.Quantity - All the subjects will be ranked by their number of responses. Higher number of responses = higher score.

3.Quality - A group of experts will score the flexibility (difference) of the answers. The final score will be the mean of the all the experts’ scores.

 

 

2. Convergent thinking

Convergent thinking

“Convergent thinking is the opposite of divergent thinking. It generally means the ability to give the "correct" answer to standard questions that do not require significant creativity, for instance in most tasks in school and on standardized multiple-choice tests for intelligence.”

1. Draw four continuous straight lines, connecting all the dots without lifting your pencil from the paper.

Sample questions

 2. Sally Li likes eucalyptus more than pines. She likes electric lighting  and doesn't like to use candles. She likes eccentric people more than calm. What profession do you think she has - economist or accountant?

 3. Draw two straight lines so that to separate Greek cross into 4 figures, which have similar size and form, and from which afterwards it would be possible to make a square.

 4.Draw the triangle that would have a maximum size in such a way that it would not touch any triangles that are on the picture a would not cross the borders.

 5. By changing the positions of only 4 sticks, make 3 equilateral triangles.

3. Artistic assessments

Definition

“Artistic assessments are the evaluations of an artistic product (e.g. drawing).”

Incomplete drawings

Example outcome

4. Self assessments

Sample questions

1.  Are you a person who likes frequent change? 2.  Are you a person who likes to work on one thing at a time? 3.  Are you a person who believes rules exist for good reasons? 4.  A person who likes to operate on the basis of instinct?5.  A person who likes crossword puzzles? 6.  A person who likes to find short-cuts? 7.  A person who is good at getting their own way?8.  Do you dare to make decisions easily, without having much information?9.  Are you often willing to take risks?10. Do alternative solutions come to you spontaneously when facing a problem?

Sample of the test group

References

• http://www.smekalka.pp.ru/mensa/answer_mensa_10.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_thinking• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Convergent_thinking• http://www.indiana.edu/~bobweb/Handout/

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