The Candle Problem is a classic test of creative problem solving developed by psychologist Karl Duncker in 1945. With Remote Association problems, solutions typically arise as a flash of insight. Try it yourself: How many uses can you think of for a spoon? You have two minutes… Go!
Originality – how uncommon those uses are (e.g.Fluency – how many uses you can come up with.The test measures divergent thinking across four sub-categories: Keeping headphones from getting tangled up.Thing you use to push that emergency restart button on your router.Here’s a sample brainstorm for “paper clip” uses: Guilford in 1967, the Alternative Uses Test stretches your creativity by giving you two minutes to think of as many uses as possible for an everyday object like a chair, coffee mug, or brick. While creativity “testing” is far from an exact science, trying your mettle at these challenges could yield insight into when, where, and how you’re most creative.
What’s particularly interesting, however, is that most of these studies rely on just a small group of core creativity tests – and you don’t need any special lab equipment to take them.īelow, we’ve collected five of the most commonly used creativity challenges for your self-testing pleasure. Fascinated by how brains and creativity work, we frequently share new research on the 99U twitter feed, showing how everything from drinking alcohol, to taking vacations, to moving your eyes from side to side can make you more creative.
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