Test of Creative Imagination: Validity and Reliability Study.
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate validity and reliability of the test of creative imagination. This study was conducted with the participation of 1000 children, aged between 9-14 and were studying in six primary schools in the city center of Denizli Province, chosen by cluster ratio sampling. In the study, it was revealed that the Pearson correlation coefficient between judges varied between 0.24-0.55. Kendall's coefficient of concordance was calculated as 0.44; the reliability coefficient, calculated by variance analysis is 0.76. As the result of applying the known-groups technique on the validity studies of the test measurements, while a significant difference was found between the first group comprised by the age group of 7-8-9 and second group comprised by the age group of 10-11 in Fluency sub-scale, no significant difference was found among the groups in Originality sub-scale. In Elaboration and Transformativeness sub-scale of the test, it was found that the number of the shapes used gradually increased with the increasing age. In this study, the validity and the reliability of the creative imagination test measurements were determined to be sufficient.Key WordsValidity, Reliability, Creative Imagination, Creativity, Imagination.Although the phenomenon of imagination has long been acknowledged, its importance has not been sufficiently grasped until recently (Johnson, 1987). All types of relationships in the life are partly based on the utilization of the imagination. That is to say in order to understand the intangible relationships; it is required to create the picture, the image of something beyond the perception of normal physical senses. For example; the imagination is essential for creating the concept of the relationship with a tree in the outside. The imagination provides the chance to see the oxygen, generated by that tree and utilize the oxygen to breathe (Mountain, 2007). By the concept of imagination; humans can be understood, the bits of relations can be caught and the connections between the humans and other objects can be seen (Hodgson & Richards, 1966).Many people use the imagination in the meaning of creativity. Barrow (1988) points out that the people use the word imaginative as synonymous for being tend to dream and fantasy, introspective, good story teller, sensitive and even for word creative. The imagination is the driving force behind the creativity and utilizing the imagination enable children to establish unusual connections (Beetlestone, 1998). Rowe (2004) indicates that the imagination is an important part of the creative intelligence as a powerful tool that helps to understand the alternatives and to make visualizations. Craft(2002) says that the imagination and creativity are both related with intention, departure from the rules and disposition and include possibility thinking adding that the imagination may be the pre-condition of creativity. Mellou (1995) states that the imagination and creativity are related and their basic relationship is they are both based on reality for providing alternatives and possibilities for innovations and original changes. Csikszentmihalyi (1997) emphases that the creative individuals use imagination and fantasy in one hand and sense of reality in the other hand alternately for separating from the present time without losing the connection with the past.The creativity always contains the imagination. For separating from the present time, establishing new and unfamiliar connections, playing with the ideas, interiorizing the perceptions and discovering the different possibilities, the ability of imagining is utilized (Duffy, 2006). According to Froebel (1970), the thought gets concretize when we are being creative, the invisible is rendered visible, and the inner is represented outside. The thin line between an academically skilled child and creatively skilled child is comprised of imagination, emotional intensity and curiosity (Sak, 2004). …
Authors: Aysun Gündoğan, Meziyet Arı, Mübeccel Gönen
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W73647038