Creative Thinking and Random Number Generation Test

Abstract

Guilford (1971) referred the concept of divergent production as one of the most important factors concerning creative thinking. On the other hand, Murakami (1972) has been developing Random Number Generation Test in order to measure the ability of human information processing and he introduced the concept of probablistic information processing for this purpose. In this study , the author intended to demonstrate the following 2 points; (a) there was a significant correlation between these two conceptsdivergent production suggested by Guilford and probablistic information processing suggested by Murakami , (b) Random Number Generation Test was one of the desirable tests concerning DS factor (divergent production of symbolic material). These 2 points were approximately clarified .

Associative processing and paranormal belief

“…One crucial component of the creative process is the ability to establish new associations, a fact evidenced by the many creativity tests that, as different as they might seem at the surface level, ultimately all require the tested persons to browse associative‐semantic information in an effective and flexible way. Among these tests are those that assess subjects’ ability to find items of a specified category, 1,2 to provide interpretations of ambiguous stimuli, 3–5 to generate novel ideas or unique combinations, 6,7 to produce alternatives to overlearned schemata, 8 or to view ordinary things from an extraordinary perspective 9…”