Creativity Assessment
Identify flow state characteristics from the list below. Be sure to check all that apply.
Activity is intrinsically rewarding, Distorted sense of time, A loss of self-consciousness
A paracosm is ....
An imaginary world, an elaborate form of fantasy play
Measures of exceptional creativity are designed for sociocultural definition of ______ creativity, but we need a creativity test that works for everyone ______.
Big-C, Little c
According to the text, there are multiple levels of individual creatvity. The text and Kaufman/Beghetto refer to these as...
Big-C, Little-C, Pro-C and Mini-C
After the 1960's and 1970's, creativity research shifted to Cognitive Psychology. Which of the following are true of this new process?
Cognitive psychologists analyze mental processes, New focus examines representational structures of the mind
Which of the following are representative self-report creativity questionnaires?
Creative Achievement Questionnaire (CAQ), Runco Ideational Behavior Scale, Lifetime Creativity Scale
A good measure for everyday "little-c" creativity is the
Creative Assessment Test (CAT)
The consensus view of creativity research regarding insight is
Creativity rarely comes fully formed in a magical moment of insight, daily work of a creator is filled with small moments of insight, Every so often a creator will have a subjective experience of a moment of insight
Psychologists have been studying the creative process for decades, they have observed....
Creativity tends to occur in a sequence of stages, There are varying number of stages, The various stages are built on a 2-stage model
The role of creative self-efficacy in creative performance are clear.
False
Dr. Guilford proposed that divergent production involved four abilities which are........
Fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration
Which of the following are true of creativity?
Guilford's 1950 APA address jumpstarted the modern era, Creativity turned from cold war focus to individual expression
Humanistic psychology emphasizes
Inner motivation, Self-actualization, creativity
Several longitudinal studies of children's play have found....
Intriguing relationships between amount and quality of pretend play and a child's later creativity, A correlation, but not causation of the connection between play and measured creativity, verbal fluency to IQ to parent education levels
To be effective, the evaluation stage requires the creator to draw on significant domain expertise. They must ask questions like....
Is this an idea someone else has already had?, Is the insight interesting but trivial?, How can this insight be connected to other work going on in the domain?
Which of the following is true of self-efficacy
It refers to a person's belief in his or her abilities, Creative self-efficacy refers to a person's belief that he or she is or is not creative, Self-efficacy refers to a person's beliefs in his or her ability to do well in a specific domain
Incubation is the mental process of absorbing new information ...
It searches for new and appropriate combinations, Is unguided and unconscious
Productivity theory states that the best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. Which of the following are true?
Quantitative research supports the theory, Simonton found strong relationship between productivity and significant creations, The productivity theory seems to defy common sense
The consensus among psychoanalytic psychologists has been that
The creative person manages a sophisticated balance between primary and secondary process thinking
Many creative advances have resulted from combinations. Which of the following explains why?
When hard at work on one project the other projects are incubating, Incubation brings together ideas from multiple projects
Decades of creativity research reveals...
A large number of personality characteristics, Creators seem to combine many different traits and abilities
Studies have shown that external rewards....
Divert attention from the task, Reward makes it impossible to get to flow state
When comparing two concepts where their properties aren't true, their properties are called
Emergent attributes
The first problem finding studies of the creative process were
Examining the work of fine art painters
Many creativity beliefs associated with the Western cultural model are more consistent with...
Idealist theory model
Creativity will continue to increase in importance, due to several broad societal and economic trends. Which of the following is NOT one of these trends?
Increasingly technical training is being developed to neutralize the need for creative skills
What do we know about the relationship between generating and evaluating ideas?
Most creativity studies have revealed creative people are good at critical evaluating many ideas and selecting the best one, Creativity is enhanced by a close relationship between divergent and convergent thinking, Real-world creativity requires both idea generation and critical evaluation abilities.
Explaining creativity is important for many reasons. Which is NOT one of the reasons?
None. All of the above are important reasons for explaining creativity.
Idealist theorists argue...
Once you have creative idea the process is done, Doesn't matter if anyone else sees it
Action theorists believe the following... indicate which one is NOT true.
Once you start executing an idea it works out as expected
Csikszentmihalyi's research uncovered which of the following?
People in all walks of life feel at their peak when being their most creative, This peak experience is called "flow state"
Which of the following is true of being in a flow state?
People so motivated they lose track of time, Forget everyday problems, Oblivious to environmental distractions
Mel Rhodes proposed a 4-P Creativity framework. The 4-P's are ....
Press, Process, Product, Person
Eisenberg and Selbst found certain kind of rewards can increase Divergent Thinking test performance. Which of the following statements are true.
Reward is given only for high degree of creativity, Must be a small reward, Rewards granted only for high performance
Acquisition of knowledge is key to the creative process. Creativity researchers have discovered the following to be true.
Takes 10 years of study in a domain prior to a breakthrough, 10-year delay is evidence of the importance of learning the domain language and conventions, People who reach the top of their profession spend time in deliberate practice
Which of the following are broad personality factors identified by Amabile's research?
Task-motivation, Creativity-relevant processes, Domain-relevant skills
The concept of creativity is relatively recent. Which of the following are true statements?
The term creativity comes from the English word "to create", The term comes from the Latin, creatio or creatus - to make grow
Which of the following statements are most true.
There are two main approaches to defining creativity - Individualist and Sociocultural definitions
Decades of research have found external rewards can interfere with the benefits of the flow state.
True
If the peak experience of the flow state is related to enhanced creativity, then that should be reflected in studies of mood and creativity.
True
In general, people mostly agree when they rate the creativity of others.
True
The ability to accurately judge the creative potential of an idea is optional to being an effective creator.
True
The most basic creative process model is a two-step model called the ballon.
True
Studies have found that the most important characteristic of creative people is....
ability to recognize a good problem in their doman
Contrary to the Western cultural creativity model, implementation activities....
actively contribute to creativity
According to Gestaltists insight problems are hard because...
because they lead one to fixate on an incorrect solution
The Remote Associates Test is designed to
combine combinations of two very different concepts
Mental structures and processes psychologists study - like motivation, personality traits, etc. cannot be seen directly. To study these hypothesized unobservable entities called ____________ are created.
constructs
After ideas are generated it's important to exercise the critical thinking process called ___________.
convergent thinking
The cognitive approach suggests the more creative individuals are those who.....
develop and use alternate understandings, identify facts inconsistent with these understandings, apply multiple understandings while solving a problem
Which of the following cognitive abilities were found to be useful in solving insight problems?
divergent thinking, convergent thinking, breaking frame
The conception of an artist as internally driven by vision, inspiration, or imagination assumes....
doesn't know who will ultimately consume their creation
J.P. Guilford first proposed the concept of divergent thinking. Which of the following is NOT one of his five proposed operations of the concept?
elaboration
The final stage of the creative process is where the creator takes the raw insight and molds it into a complete product. This is called ____________.
externalizing the idea
Which of the following are construct validity measures?
face validity, convergent validity, discriminant validity
When a person gets stuck in one of the classic insight experience stages it is called .......
fixation/impasse
Which of the following is the correct definition of Individualist Creativity? Creativity is.......
new, combination, expressed in the world
Which of the following are forms of creative research reliability?
stability, internal consistency, Inter-rater reliability
There are many ways to assess creativity and these are different for art, science, and entertainment. These measures represent a collective judgment by a large number of people in.....
the creative domain
Which of the following Sociocultural creativity definitions is MOST correct? Creativity is...
the generation of a product judged novel and useful by a suitably knowledgeable social group
Gestaltist argue that with creative insight
the mind doesn't incrementally get closer to the solution, insight happens all at once, There is a total restructuring of thought
What are the ways to study personality?
traits, types
All psychological tests and measures should fall into two broad categories. These are ........
validity and reliability
Western culture believes that artists....
work alone, have a special gift, have a uniquely valuable message to share
