1. Creativity and Intelligence What are they? How can we measure them?

2. Creativity Creativity = being both novel and relevant Insight in problem solving as an example of creativity; 4 stages of creative thought: 1.Preparation 2.Incubation 3.Illumination 4.Verification

3. Can you measure creativity? 1.Divergent productions 2.Remote Associates Test (RAT) 3.Judges' ratings

4. What is creativity? The Investment Theory of Creativity (Sternberg and Lubart) "buy low and sell high"

5. Intelligence: What is it? “What the intelligence tests measure” Is it one thing or many? –One thing: Spearman’s g –Many things: oThurstone -- several "primary mental abilities" oGuilford -- 120 mental factors (operations, products, contents)

6. Current Theories Gardner -- multiple intelligences Sternberg -- Triarchic theory –Three basic types of intelligent behavior 1.Componential -- "Book smart" 2.Experiential -- "Creative intelligence" 3.Contextual -- "Street smart".

7. Measuring intelligence Binet & Simon: "mental age." "IQ" Problems: –Cultural bias –School-oriented The approaches of Gardner and Sternberg are, at least in part, an attempt to address problems like these by broadening the concept of what it means to be intelligent.