Creativity Research and Test Theory.

Creativity and Verbal Ability: A Direct Examination of Their Relationship

“…Many of the products of this rapid proliferation have resembled weeds and have been aptly criticized by various psychometric gardeners. One of the central and well deserved areas of criticism is the tendency to reify ' creativity ' as an entity independent of intelligence and aptitudes closely related to intelligence (Cureton, 1964 ;Thorndike, 1963 ;Wodtke, 1964). It is quite clear that although the problem of separating creativity and intelligence has been raised frequently (Barron, 1963 ;Getzels and Jackson, 1962 ;Guilford, 1950 ;McNemar, 1964 ;Mednick and Mednick, 1965 ;Torrance, 1959 ;Wdlach and Kogan, 1964 ;Yamamoto, , 1966, no adequate resolution has yet occurred.…”

“…One of the central and well deserved areas of criticism is the tendency to reify ' creativity ' as an entity independent of intelligence and aptitudes closely related to intelligence (Cureton, 1964 ;Thorndike, 1963 ;Wodtke, 1964). It is quite clear that although the problem of separating creativity and intelligence has been raised frequently (Barron, 1963 ;Getzels and Jackson, 1962 ;Guilford, 1950 ;McNemar, 1964 ;Mednick and Mednick, 1965 ;Torrance, 1959 ;Wdlach and Kogan, 1964 ;Yamamoto, , 1966, no adequate resolution has yet occurred. The persistence of the problem is in part due to the wide variety of creativity measures, often poorly validated and with low or unknown reliabilities, and in part to the conceptual confusion and variety subsumed under the rubric ' creativity ' (cf.…”

“…The persistence of the problem is in part due to the wide variety of creativity measures, often poorly validated and with low or unknown reliabilities, and in part to the conceptual confusion and variety subsumed under the rubric ' creativity ' (cf. Cureton, 1964 ;Ginsburg, 1964 ;Wodtke, 1964). Moreover, as McNemar (1 964) has pointed out, the current fad among most creativity investigators is either to discount the role of intelligence or to assume that i t is not importantly involved in their performance measures of creativity.…”

Research frontier: "Creativity': A blind man's report on the elephant.

“…And, finally, it is not that the self-corrective measures of professional critique have been absent. Indeed, such criticisms have ranged from historical analyses (Joncich, 1964) to technical exhortations (Cureton, 1964). Some are general, and others are specific, some are mellow and scholarly, while others are harsh and abusive; some come from workers active in research and others from mere critics (Bram, 1962;Brown, 1964a;Brown, 1964b;Burt, 1962;Christensen, 1964;Coffman, 1963;Cronbach, 1962;deMille & Mernfield, 1962;Faris, 1962;Gallagher, 1905;McNemar, 1964;Merrifield, 1964, Michael, 1964Thorndike, 1963a, Thorndike, 1963bVernon, 1964, Wodtke, 1964.…”