Finding Creative Potential on Intelligence Tests via Divergent Production

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  • James C. Kaufman
  • Scott Barry Kaufman
  • Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger
چکیده

Assessing creative potential using a comprehensive battery of standardized tests requires a focus on how and why an individual responds in addition to how well they respond. Using the “intelligent testing” philosophy of focusing on the person being tested rather than the measure itself helps psychologists form a more complete picture of an examinee, which may include information about his or her creative potential. Although most aspects of creativity are not present in current individually based IQ and achievement tests, one exception is divergent production. Although still poorly represented, some subtests show great potential for tapping into divergent production, and hence provide some insight into creativity. The research on the relationship between measures of intelligence and creativity is discussed in this article. The authors also propose a way to use individually administered cognitive and achievement batteries to extract information about an individual’s divergent production and general creative potential. Résumé Evaluer le potentiel créatif en utilisant une batterie de tests standardisés implique de s’intéresser, non seulement aux bonnes réponses d’une personne, mais aussi au « comment » et au « pourquoi » de ses réponses. Utiliser une philosophie de « testing intelligent », s’interressant à la personne évaluée plutôt qu’à la mesure elle-même, permet au psychologue de construire un portrait plus complet du sujet en y incluant des informations sur son potentiel créatif. La plupart des aspects de la créativité ne at CA STATE UNIV SAN BERNARDINO on July 15, 2011 cjs.sagepub.com Downloaded from 84 Canadian Journal of School Psychology 26(2) sont pas présents dans les tests courants d’évaluation du QI ou des apprentissages, sauf si on s’intéresse aux productions divergentes. Bien qu’ils soient encore très peu nombreux, certains subtests ouvrent beaucoup de possibilités d’exploiter ces productions divergentes et offrent ainsi la possibilité d’approcher la créativité. Cet article expose une recherche sur les liens entre les mesures de l’intelligence et la créativité. Nous proposons également une méthode pour extraire des informations sur les productions divergentes et le potentiel créatif des sujets, à partir des batteries d’évaluation cognitive et d’évaluation des apprentissages, administrées individuellement.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011