A multivariate study of measures of creativity, achievement, motivation, and intelligence in secondary school students.

Administered tests of R. B. Cattel's (1965, 1971) fluid and crystallized intelligence and ergs and sentiments (e.g., Culture Fair Intelligence Test and the School Motivation Analysis Test), and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking to 163 9th graders. Results support the hypothesized distinction between fluid and crystallized intelligence, but they indicate that the distinction between ergs (defined as traits reflecting basic biological needs for emotional expression) and sentiments (defined as source traits which come into existence because of an individual's contacts with important cultural institutions) may be more conceptual than empirical. Multivariate analyses of these results and achievement data substantiate the importance of institutionally learned intellectual skills in both achievement and creativity. (15 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)