Abstract
Although an extreme diversity in theoretical orientation and research approach is evident in the psychological investigation of creativity, a general consensus as to both the criteria for calling an act or product creative and the traits of the creative individual may be found in the literature. While direct comparison of results is not always possible, it is a well-founded tenet of empirical investigation that corroboration or confirmation furnished by independent investigations, utilizing different methods and obtaining similar results, represents the finest flowering of scientific objectivity. The literature reveals no such attempts. The present study was designed to, in small measure, remedy this deficiency. The most fundamental finding was a very weak relationship between Ss creative thinking and creative productivity scores and a lack of significant relationship between either of such scores and personality traits usually postulated as contributing to the pattern of the creative individual.
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