Is Creativity Unidimensional or Multidimensional? Analyses of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking

There is disagreement whether creativity is a unidimensional or multidimensional trait. The dimensionality of creativity is important to understand the mind's cognitive functioning; thus aiding the devel- opment of human potential. Much of this dimensionality debate is related to the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT). Confirmatory factor analyses were thus conducted with data from 500 Grade-6 students, and several factor models were tested. The findings of this study show that the TTCT consists of 2 factors rather than a single factor, con- trary to the majority of research on this subject.

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