Conditions for administering creativity tests

Abstract

Reviews research relating to the testing conditions under which open-ended creativity tests are administered. M. A. Wallach and N. Kogan's (1965) influential arguments as the necessity for untimed game-like conditions are outlined and criticized. Conditions other than the untimed game-like condition are found to be unsatisfactory alternatives to the timed test-like condition. Finally, criteria for assessing the adequacy of various conditions are outlined. It is concluded that there is little evidence against using timed test-like conditions as the norm for administering creativity tests. (88 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1977 American Psychological Asso..