Abstract
This study presents information about a new creative thinking test based on a Remote Associates Test (RAT) approach. Up until now the lack of divergent-thinking components in the RAT was considered a major drawback. However these components are included in the RAT-like tests. In this study the RAT-like tests were compared to the Williams’ creative thinking test. Correlation and factor analyses were employed to study the relationships among the divergent thinking components of the two different tests. K-means clustering was also employed. The results suggest that the divergent thinking skills in the RAT-like test may be distinct from those in the Williams’ test and other Guilford style tests. The results on the RAT-like tests coincide with those on the Williams’ test for gifted and lower performing students but are different in terms of originality for students with intermediate levels of performance.
| Keywords: | creativity; divergent thinking; RAT; problem solving |
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