This study examined the relationship between creativity and openness. Two elaborative and two evaluative measures were administered to 56 undergraduates. A multi-trait multi-method approach was used to analyze Pearson correlations among all measures. Significant correlations were based on the commonality of method rather than trait. It was suggested that creativity and openness were best explained in terms of a typology rather than as unidimensional traits.
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