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Sixty-nine university men were tested for perceived levels of creativity as measured by the Something About Myself (SAM) inventory (Khatena, 1976). A second focus of the study was to assess the creative production of these same university men. All men participated in a pre- and post-test of the SAM inventory and six criterion task activities developed by the experimenter that were directly related to the six factors of the inventory. The experimental groups had nearly four hours of activities designed to stimulate creativity. Results revealed no significant differences between pre- and post-test scores of all university men. Nor were there any differences between the freshmen and seniors relative to the Creative Perception Inventory scores. The experimental group scored significantly higher than the control group on the post-test of the SAM inventory. The freshmen men scored significantly higher than the seniors on three of the six factors of the SAM inventory. No differences were found to exist between the major fields of concentration for freshmen and senior men.

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Investigation of the Perceived and Behavioral Levels of Creativity for University Men

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