Inner-Centeredness of Highly Creative Adolescents

Abstract

The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking were administered to 1,000 metropolitan sixth-graders from whom 4% were selected as being “highly creative.” Miller's tests for locus of control and of evaluation were also given to this latter group and to a control group. Significant differences on the locus of evaluation measure were found between the “high creatives” and a control group, but the differences between the groups were not significant on the measure of locus of control. Although the predicted relationship between creativity and an internal locus of evaluation appeared to be supported, the extent to which the original tests had been successful in selecting people with creative ability was questioned.