"Measuring creative imagery abilities" by Dorota M. Jankowska and Maciej Karwowski

Summary

This academic paper introduces the Test of Creative Imagery Abilities (TCIA), a new tool designed to specifically measure creative visual imagination by assessing three key components: vividness, originality, and transformativeness. The authors, Jankowska and Karwowski, argue that previous research has often blurred the lines between imagination and divergent thinking, leading to inadequate measurement of creative imagery. Through a series of nine studies involving over 1700 participants, the paper provides evidence for the TCIA's validity and reliability, demonstrating its distinctiveness from measures of intelligence and creative thinking, its consistent scoring by different raters, and its stability over time. Ultimately, the research aims to offer a theoretically grounded and psychometrically sound instrument that can better facilitate the study and understanding of creative imagination.