Spatial Creativity in Second Year Architecture Students

Abstract

Three creativity tests were administered to a predominantly male group of 41 second year architecture students. The tests were Consequences test, a test of verbal creativity and critical thinking; Preconscious Activity Scale, a measure of the personality aspects of creativity; and the newly designed Common Elements, which is intended to test creativity in the spatial field. Positive rs among the measures were obtained; r between the Consequences test and the newly designed Common Elements test was significant (p < .01), suggesting common components. However, the measures of creativity do not correlate significantly with academic success.