Torrance Test of Creative

Thinking - TTCT
Presentation made by Evelien Rogie
Torrance Test of Creative Thinking - TTCT

Measures CREATIVE THINKING ABILITIES

= constellation of generalized metnal abilities that are commonly
presumed to be brought into play in creative achievements
= Divergent / produtive / inventive thinking, imagination

Consists of 3 ACTIVITIES
picture construction
picture completion
lines

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TTCT the scoring
5 NORM referenced measures 13 CRITERION referenced measures
Fluency Emotional expressiveness
Originality Storytelling articulateness
Abstractness of titles Movement or action
Resistance to premature closing Expressiveness of titles
Elaboration Sythesis of incomplete figures
Synthesis of lines
Unusual visualization
Internal visualization
Extending or breaking boundaries
Humor
Richness of imagery
Colorfulness of imagery
Fantasy
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Scoring Components

A) Creative Thinking Scores

Fluency
Originality
Abstractness of titles
Resistance to premature closing
Elaboration

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 Fluency
Is the ability to produce a large number of figural images book Sun
Count the number of relevant ideas

stimulus must be used, title must be in place

repetitions, scriblles, abstract, imcomplete/unrecognizable responses 7

Originality
Not original response
Originality bonus for
Is the ability to produce uncommon or unique combination
resonses that require creative strength .
Count the number of of statistically infrequent ideas, based on a list
Combination of stimuli get bonus points

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Abstractness of Titles
Sense the essence of a problem, know what is truly essential
Counting on choice of words, abstractness, wideness,

0 = simple class title

girl
1 = class title with
descriptor(s) little girl
2 = imaginative title that
goes a little beyond the
picture I really like him.
3 = abstract but
appropriate title
Happiness

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 Elaboration
Ability to develop, embroider, embellish, carry out, i.o.w. elaborate ideas
Count the number of ideas added

only 1 necessary line to make a figure

several times the same extra figure, f ex 5 the same flowers

each addition idea added to the basi response & in the srrounding space.
f. ex. decoration, details, shading, body position, etc. 12
 Resistance to Premature Closure
Degree of openess

Complete a figure with a straight line or a simple curved line

drawing it a number or a letter

go beyond the most logical way to complete a figure 13

Scoring Components

B) Creative Strenghts
Emotional expressiveness
Storytelling articulateness
Movement or action
Expressiveness of titles
Sythesis of incomplete figures
Synthesis of lines
Unusual visualization
Internal visualization
Extending or breaking boundaries
Humor
Richness of imagery
Colorfulness of imagery
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 Emotional Expressiveness

Communication of feelings and emotions through titles and drawings

Nonverbal cues: facial expressions, gestures with hands, a tear, kissing,

outstreched arms
Verbal cues: sad, happy, joy 15
 Storytelling Articulateness
Put things in context, create an environment for the object so a story is told

Its more than giving details or elaborate, its figural and/or verbal indicators of
the objects (hi)story
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 Movement or Action
Including movement or action responses in the figure

Rest, stand, sit lie, etc

Run, fly, float, dance, dive, kick, reach out, swim, fall, eat,
Verbal (title implying action) or non-verbal (position of body, motion lines)17
 Expressiveness of Titles
Transform visual information into emotions & feelings expressed in words

go beyond simple description to express emotion and feeling (overlaps with

Emotional Expressiveness, Humor and Abstractness of Titles)
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Synthesis of Incomplete Figures
Combination of two or more incomplete figures

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Synthesis of Lines
Synthesize, or combine two or more sets of lines

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 Unusual Visual Perspective
Present ideas or objects in another view than the one we would ordinarily
see

Above, below, at an unusual angle, at different distances, in an unusual

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 Internal Visualization
Visualize beyond exteriors & pay attention to the internal, dynamic workings
of things

Showing something inside or in cross section

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Extending or Breaking Boundaries

extend the lines, up, down or out

split the imaginary rectangle
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 Humor
Unusual combinations and surprises

Fundamental absurdity in human behavior or character, exaggeration, puns

& world lay, redicule, satire, opposites and hidden opposites, caricature,
word play 24
 Richness of Imagery

variety, vividness, liveliness, intensity

it are fresh visual images, different form the banal even when not scored as
original. It are memorable images 25
Colorfulness of Imagery
Exciting in its appeal to the senses of taste,
touch, smell, feel, sight.

flavor, earthiness, unreal, spooky, emotionally appealing, fantastic

nature, nudes, fantasy figueres, emotional scenes
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Fantasy

fantasy from literature, tv, and movies as well as original fantasy

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Creative Strengths

Storytelling
articulateness
Emotional
expressiveness
Movement or action

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Creative Strengths

Unusual visualization
Fantasy
Movement or action

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Creative Strengths

Synthesis of figures
Movement or action
Storytelling
articulateness

Gun sounds scare the birds.

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 For more information, please
concact Vlerick Management School
or Professor David Venter