Chapter 5
Self-Assessment 5-5
How Creative Am I?
To evaluate your creative thinking skills, take the following creativity test.
This test is one frequently used by psychologists to measure creativity. The test
is called a Remote Associates Test (RAT) because it measures you ability to see relationships
between things that are only remotely associated. Read the instructions carefully
before beginning the test.
Instructions: Look at the three words and find a fourth word that is related
to all three.
Example: What word is related to these three words?
paint doll cat
The answer is "house": house paint, dollhouse, and house cat.
Here is another example:
stool powder ball
The answer is "foot": footstool, foot powder, and football.
You have 20 minutes to complete the following items:
Check your answers with the following suggested answers. There may be other appropriate
answers, as well
| 1. phone |
11. green |
21. lead |
| 2. book |
12. floor |
22. top |
| 3. fire |
13. stone |
23. tack |
| 4. pin |
14. bar |
24. watch |
| 5. cheese |
15. fountain |
25. cat |
| 6. chair |
16. ball |
26. stop |
| 7. slow |
17. go |
27. mail |
| 8. glass |
18. cover |
28. bubble |
| 9. party |
19. type |
29. black |
| 10. hard |
20. chair |
30. end |
Normative Data
The following normative data were collected on university undergraduates. Calculate
the number you got correct and look up your percentile ranking.
| Number Correct |
Percentile |
| 24-28 |
95% |
| 21-23 |
80% |
| 19-20 |
65% |
| 16-18 |
50% |
| 13-15 |
35% |
| 10-13 |
20% |
| 7-9 |
8% |
| 1-5 |
1% |
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