 INDIVIDUAL & GROUP ACTIVITIES :
MEASUREMENTS OF CREATIVITY.

Guildford designed and used different tests concerning factors related to quality of creativity in a person. These tests are often referred as instruments for measuring creativity however, these do not given any quantitative measure. These tests can be administrated for an individual or for a group of 3 or 4 participants as done in this orientation programme for teachers. Each test is made time bound. Following are some of the tests performed and their responses :-

S.No. Activity & its particular Responses suggested by Remarks if any.
Group/individual, if any.

1. Test of Fluency

It is a test for divergent thinking. Here
the participants are asked to state items
of information in response to a given The test is related with speed of response.
data or item as rapidly as they can. Though the test appears to be easy and
Examples : simple but one may not be able to answer
sponteneously.

i. In one minutes time, list as may Responses : Note that the responses noted are all
things as you can that are white in Milk, butter, ghee, lassi, paneer, curd related to milk or milk product.
colour and edible. etc,

ii. Combine geometric figures such
as triangle, square, rectangle,
circle etc. to produce more
complex objects.

2. Test of Flexibility

In this test of divergent thinking the A novel unusual use for a useful purpose in
examinee is asked to find out novel and order to solve a problem will be
unusual usage of old objects and appreciated.
methods.

i. Examples : Responses :

Mention (say 5) unusual For wrapping, burn as a source of fires, Some of the novel uses are : stuffing shoes for
(important) uses of old to line selves, to swat files, to get old preventing deshaping. Drying plants for
newspaper. news, pasting on glass panes to cut off herbarium, preparing paper-machie. Making
a cap, Making tunnel for pouring crystalline

S.No. Activity & its particular Responses suggested by Remarks if any.
Group/Individual, if any.

light, for removing unwanted particles substance like sugar into a narrow necked
from the aquarium water. Wet news paper bottle.
forcleaning glass plane, to make a collage.

ii. Use a disposable plastic bottle The upperside with narrow end may be cut
(like that of mineral water) for some to use it as a funnel.
novel purposes.

3. Test of Sensitivity to Problem :

The examinees may be asked to mention The test is similar to product improvement
the defects, deficiencies, the odd, the test, in which one has to suggest
unusual in respect to some device or improvements over existing products.
some system and suggest some solution
to solve the problem.

Examples : Responses :

What are the wrong with common For telephone while talking, one hand is May of the modifications have already been,
devices such as telephone, engaged for holding mouthpiece/ incorporated e.g. in electric iron, thermostat
electric iron, electric fan, earphone. It is inconvenient to do those for controlling temperature and arrangement
refrigerator. jobs (e.g. opening cap of a pen for noting for steam while pressing the cloth etc. In
something) which need two hands. electric fan, regulator is added to control
Solution : A fixture can be designed to rest speed and so on.
it suitably on the shoulder for hearing/
4. Test for originality : talking to continue.

A examinee has to produce a original An artist may draw his painting as a musician
response (verbal or figural) controlling sings e.g. the famous Hussian - Bhimsen
his tensions and delay gratification of Joshi `Jugalbandi'.
this impulse to closure.

Example :

To complete some incomplete
figure or to draw a poster on some
given theme.

S.No. Activity & its particular Responses suggested by Remarks if any.
Group/Individual, if any.

5. Test for Redefinition :

Redefinition is measured through tests
that involve shifts of meaning on uses of
objects.

Example : Response :

Which of the following objects can Obviously the thorn, It may be mentioned that during the II world
be most reasonably used in war, when manufacture of alpin was stopped,
sewing a piece of cloth : stalk of a acacia thorn was used in its place.
leaf, stalk of a flower, grass-stem,
a thorn of acacia (Kikar).

6. Test for ability to elaborate :

To elaborate a plan for which only one The elaboration of a given (incomplete)
outline of major step is given, the time drawing can also be incorporated under the
allotted may be restricted. test.

Example : Response :

The sun in the ultimate source of The topic is included in the syllabus, the
energy on the earth. Elaborate. response were very good.

7. Word Association Test : Response :

The subject is required to give as many For blood the associated words are : red,
association as possible for a familiar RBC, heamoglobin, heart, pressure,
common word e.g. blood, ball, sock, artery, vain, Harvey, anaemia,
handkerchief. hypertension, brawl, cut, accident.

8. Test for uses of things : Response :

This includes giving of original use of a Safety pin used as a key-ring, for putting
common object and asking other a string or rope through a narrowly
possible uses to which that object can stitched cloth e.g. in pajamas.
be put, e.g. Safety pin, brick, toothpick,
newspaper.

S.No. Activity & its particular Responses suggested by
Group/individual, if any. Remarks if any.

9. Test on Incomplete Fables :

The participants required to suggest
three different ending to an incomplete The exercise has been done elaborately.
short fable, within a specified time. One may refer to that at the appropriate place
in this report.
10. Additional Sugested Activities For
Creativity

1. Test for hidden Shapes :

The examinee is first shown a simple
geometric figure (say a rhombus). He is
the required to find this specific figure in
a more complex pattern of form.

2. Make-up Problems :

Here one has to make as many
mathematical problems as she can on
the basis of information given in a
complex paragraph. Scores depend
upon the number, appropriateness and
originality of the problem.

3. The Ask and Guess Test :

The examinee is given a picture about
which he is to ask questions that one
has to answer not merely by looking the
picture but has to develop a hypothesis
about possible causes and conse-
quence of the pictured behaviour.

4. The Consequences Test :

This test is designed to elicit a higher
degree of fantasy. The examinee is
confroned with an improbable situation
and asked to imagine and predict all the
things that could happen as a conse-
quence. This test is very effective with
children.

INDIVIDUAL & GROUP ACTIVITIES : MEASUREMENTS OF CREATIVITY.