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The Outlook for Creativity Tests *
Author(s) -
WAKEFIELD JOHN F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
the journal of creative behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.896
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2162-6057
pISSN - 0022-0175
DOI - 10.1002/j.2162-6057.1991.tb01369.x
Subject(s) - creativity , citation , psychology , library science , sociology , art history , psychoanalysis , art , social psychology , computer science
The history of divergent-thinking tests suggests that in the future, new approaches to creativity testing need to be developed. This review proposes a situational theory of thinking skills that defines creativity as meaningful response to freedcm to find a problem and solve it in one's own way. Recent progress towards eventual design of a creativity test based on this defintion is reviewed, as are currently available and valid alternatives for the selection of creative talent.