What is this technique about

Guilford’s Test of Divergent Thinking What is this technique about

What is this technique about

Guilford pioneered the assessment of creativity by designing tests of divergent thinking, which he saw as an important component of creativity and a component of his model of human intelligence (Guilford, 1967). Guilford and his colleagues created challenges to which individuals would respond in a variety of ways, i.e., divergent thinking, rather than one right answer, convergent thinking. The replies to these activities were largely evaluated for a) fluency, or the quantity of ideas expressed; b) flexibility, or the range of ideas conveyed; c) originality, or the rarity of ideas presented; and d) elaboration, or the fullness and detail of the communicated ideas.

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