| Test Number | 5 |
| Title | Adjective Check List |
| Author | Gough, H. ; Heilbrun, A. |
| Category | Self-Report Inventory |
| Copyright Date | 1965 |
| Availability | Go to www.cpp.db.com |
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| Age/Grade Level | High School and over |
| Cost | As of 2001: $81.75 preview kit; $97 per 10 combined prepd item booklet/answer sheets. |
| Forms | |
| Source | Consulting Psychologist Press |
| Address | 577 College Ave. Palo Alto, CA |
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| web or e-mail | www.cpp.db.com |
| Definition | Key words which link this instrument to creativity are: labiality, autonomy, and change. |
| Purposes | Inferences about creativity or creative style can be made using interpretation of scores. The overall purpose for the instrument is to act as a personality assessment. |
| Characteristics | Listening to One's Inner Voice |
| Manual |
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| Fair | Manual provides a discussion of: its definition and purpose, administration directions, its history and development, and citations of research. |
| Validity |
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| Fair | Development started in 1949. The present list of items emerged from the language, past studies, intuitive and subjective appraisal, testing, and a 3 year evaluation. |
| Reliability |
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| Fair | Stability was found to be .54. Inter-rater agreement with observers on 5 random cases was .61 to .75. Reliability data appears to be limited. |
| Utility |
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| Fair | This instrument is designed to be administered by a trained professional. It consists of a 300 work checklist. None of the 24 indices are labeled “creativity.” Inferences about creativity can be made using score interpretation. |
| Interpretation |
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| Good | Scales include: Defensiveness, Favorable items, Unfavorable items, Self confidence, Self-control, Labiality, Personal adjustment, Need, Order, Interception, Heterosexuality, Autonomy, Aggression, Change and others. Several scoring options are available. The rational for scoring is presented |
| Propriety |
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| Poor | The Heterosexuality Scale is questionable in light of current understanding. |
| Reviews & Related Lit |
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| Creativity study using this check list : MacKinnon (1963). Creativity and images of self. (In) White, R. The study of lives. NY. Atherton Press p. 250-279. CCL comments: Local scoring is complicated. Some words are dated, and may not be appropriate for modern 11 and 12 year old students. |
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