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Creative Climate Tests, Creative Attitudes Tests, and Creative Thinking Skills Tests

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Creativity tests; Divergent thinking tests; ION thinking tests; Outbox thinking tests

Creative Climates, Creative Attitudes, and Creative Thinking Skills

Innovation requires the three distinct yet measurable steps, acronymed as CATs: cultivating creative Climates (Step 1); nurturing creative Attitudes (Step 2); and applying creative Thinking skills (Step 3) (Kim 2016). These steps can be measured by both non-testing and testing methods. Non-testing methods usually involve a third-party review such as expert evaluation. Testing methods are developed across three areas: first, tests for creative climates such as cultural climate, organizational climate, and family climate; second, tests for creative attitudes such as the Group Inventory for Finding Talent, the Group Inventory for Finding Interests, the Khatena-Torrance Creative Perception Inventory, What Kind of Person Are You? (WKPAY), Something About Myself (SAM), and the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students; and...

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Kim, K.H., Hao, Y. (2019). Creative Climate Tests, Creative Attitudes Tests, and Creative Thinking Skills Tests. In: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6616-1_19-2

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