Select the correct statements regarding the creativity tests:
(A) Most of the creative tests are open-ended.
(B) Persons with a high IQ do extremely well in creativity tests.
(C) Creativity tests involve divergent thinking.
(D) Creativity tests involve convergent thinking.
(E) There is scope for expression of spontaneity, originality and imagination.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (C) and (E) only
(A) Most of the creative tests are open-ended. Correct. A general feature of most creativity tests is that they are open-ended: there are no fixed answers, and the person can think of different answers from her or his own experience.
(B) Persons with a high IQ do extremely well in creativity tests. Incorrect. Terman found that persons with high IQ were not necessarily creative, and creative ideas could come from persons without a very high IQ. Intelligence and creativity are related, but a high IQ does not guarantee high creativity.
(C) Creativity tests involve divergent thinking. Correct. They assess the ability to produce a variety of ideas, to see new relationships between unrelated things and to put things in a new context, all forms of divergent thinking.
(D) Creativity tests involve convergent thinking. Incorrect. Convergent thinking, arriving at the one right solution, is what tests of intelligence mostly involve, with their focus on memory, logical reasoning and accuracy.
(E) There is scope for expression of spontaneity, originality and imagination. Correct. Since creativity tests have no specified answers, there is freedom to use one’s imagination and express it in original ways. Intelligence tests, by contrast, leave little scope for spontaneity, originality and imagination.
NCERT (2025-26): “Creativity and Intelligence … Terman, in the 1920s, found that persons with high IQ were not necessarily creative. At the same time, creative ideas could come from persons who did not have a very high IQ.…” “Creativity and Intelligence … Creativity tests came into existence to assess variations in terms of the potential for creativity in contrast to intelligence. A general feature of most of the creativity tests is that they are open-ended. They permit the person to think of different answers to the questions or problems in terms of her/his experiences, whatever these may have been. These help the individual to go in different directions. There are no specified answers to questions or problems in creativity tests. Therefore, there is freedom to use one’s imagination and express it in original ways. Creativity tests involve divergent thinking and assess such abilities as ability to produce a variety of ideas, i.e. ideas which are off-the-beaten track, ability to see new relationships between seemingly unrelated things, ability to guess causes and consequences, ability to put things in a new context, etc. This is contrary to the tests of intelligence which mostly involve convergent thinking. In tests of intelligence, the person has to think of the right solution to the problem and the focus is on assessing abilities such as memory, logical reasoning, accuracy, perceptual ability, and clear thinking. There is little scope for the expression of spontaneity, originality, and imagination.…” |