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PROFILE OF PERCEPTUAL-COGNITIVE TRAITS AND PERSONALITY S m L E OF POSSIBLE RELEVANCE T O CREATIVE PRODUCTIVITY1 JAMES H. EWING, CAROL A. GILLIS, JOHN N. EBERT, H U G H M. MATHEWS University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Eartern Pennsylvania Psychiatric institute Summary.-The amount of illusory movement perceived on the autokinetic test, manifestations of primary process expression on the Rorschach, and creative productivity as measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, were collected from 47 volunteer college students. Those individuals who expressed primary process thinking as blatanc affect and the fusion of images, and elaborated on a stimulus pictorially, had extensive movement on the auto.05). W e further delineated certain personality characterkinetic test ( P istics of these individuals employing a 26-item bipolar questionnaire. They are among other things, active, striving, assertive, in touch with and free to express emotion, rebellious, incautious, self-determining, productive, motivated to influence orhers, and excelling in producing objects or ideas which are unique.

Profile of perceptual-cognitive traits and personality style of possible relevance to creative productivity.

The amount of illusory movement perceived on the autokinetic test, manifestations of primary process expression on the Rorschach, and creative product...
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