Creativity

Curiosity is a tendency to wonder, to inquire, to investigate and to seek information about anything novel or unknown. This test has 44 items with four response alternatives and is meant for school going children of 9 to 14 years of age. It is a reliable and valid instrument with standard score norms.

This test has 27 items in five areas. They are plot building, dialogue writing, poetic diction, descriptive and vocabulary styles. It measures total language creativity and its four components are fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration. This test is standardized on 600 boys and girls from schools and colleges.

This 90 item questionnaire is designed to assess the sensory experiences of individuals. This questionnaire consists of six sub tests (15 items in each sub test) referring to six areas of sensory experiences. They are: i) Visual (ii) Auditory, (iii) Gustatory, (iv) Olfactory, (v) Tactual and (vi) Bodily experiences. This general questionnaire can be used among both students and adult population.

This verbal test of creativity includes four sub-tests, namely, Consequences test, Unusual uses test, Similarity test, and Product improvement test. It provides three factor scores- fluency, flexibility and originality for class VII and VIII students.

Scientific creativity may be considered as specific creative expression, unique production in science and technology. This test has been developed on the concept of specified as the unusual thinking abilities characterized by systematic approach for all contents whether from science or humanities or otherwise could be considered as the basic attribute of scientific creativity. It consists of 12 items, which have been classified into four subsets namely: Consequences, Unusual, New relationship and Just think why. Each item is to be scored for Fluency, Flexibility and Originality. Norms are available for 7th and 8th grade boys and girls.