CREATIVE THINKING AND LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE
CREATIVE THINKING AND LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE
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DOI:
10.1002/j.2162-6057.1967.tb00074.x
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
ANDREWS, FM
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作者:
MEDNICK, MT;ANDREWS, FM
This report analyzes the relationship between creative thinking and level of intellectual functioning. Creative thinking is herein defined as performance on the Remote Associates Test (RAT), a test based on an associative theory of creative thinking (S. Mednick 1962). Associative theory defines the creative process as" the forming of associative elements into new combinations which either meet specified requirements or are in some way useful (S. Mednick, 1962, p. 221). 11 The test, which is an operational statement of the definition, consists of 30 three-word items such as: surprise line birthday The subject is required to respond with a single word which is related to all three of the stimulus words. Thus, the answer to the above item is party. This answer can be combined with each of the three words in the item. Evidence pertaining to the validity of the test has been accumulated and reported in several publications (Gordon, 1966; Mednick, M., 1963; Mednick, SA, 1962; Mednick, SA and Mednick, M., 1967.). One of the concerns in research on creativity has been the nature of its relationship to conventionally measured intelligence. The pattern of findings has led most investigators to conclude that while there is a low positive correlation between the