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Adjective self-descriptions of engineers and musicians were analyzed as positively or negatively correlated with creativity. Male (n ϭ 85) and female (n ϭ 18) engineering and male (n ϭ 49) and female (n ϭ 50) music students from a large northeastern university completed the Creativity Personality scale from the Adjective Checklist and a questionnaire. The top 10 adjectives were analyzed in both number and specific descriptive selections for each group, gender, and major. All four groups selected capable, humorous, intelligent, honest, and sincere, but tended not to consider commonplace, conventional, interests-narrow, and submissive. Engineers selected individualistic and resourceful, whereas musicians selected interests-wide and insightful. Males preferred clever, whereas females preferred mannerly. The most unique adjective within the top 10 adjectives for each major-gender group was: cautiousness (male engineers), confidence (female engineers), originality (male musicians), and reflection (female musicians). Results are discussed in terms of the number of adjectives selected by each of the four groups, as well as qualitative comparisons of descriptors by major, gender, similarities, and differences among the four groups.

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