TCT-DP Variables

TCT-DP Variables

Elements Linked to Research

General Definition

Studies Supporting Elements

Cn

Continuations

Fluency^a

Ability to generate many ideas

( Guilford, 1967a ; Guilford, Creativity, 1950 ; Guilford, Three faces of intellect., 1959 ; Cropley, 2000 ; Clapham, 1997 ; Clapham & Schuster, 1992 ; Runco, Millar, Acar, & Cramond, 2010 ; Kim, 2011 ; Cramond, Matthews-Morgan, Bandalos, & Zuo, 2005 )

Cm

Completions

Elaboration

Ability to add to ideas to improve them

Cl

Connections made with Lines

Flexibility

Ability to generate different types of ideas or ideas from multiple perspectives

Pe

Perspective

Elaboration

Ability to add to ideas to improve them

Uca

Unconventionality A

Curiosity^a,b

Need to explore and understand the known and unknown

( Harrison, 2016 ; Hunter, Abraham, Hunter, Goldberg, & Eastwood, 2016 ; Windahl, 2017 ; Litman, 2005 )

Ne

New Elements

Originality

Ability to generate novel ideas

( George & Zhou, 2001 ; Wutrich & Bates, 2001 ; Furham, 1999 ; Perrine & Brodersen, 2005 ; Dollinger, Urban, & James, 2004 ; Feist, 2010 )

Ucb

Unconventionality B

Originality

Ability to generate novel ideas

Ucd

Unconventionality C

Originality

Ability to generate novel ideas

Cth

Connections made to produce a Theme

Synthesis^b

Ability to coalesce multiple ideas into one

( Runco & Nemiro, 1994 ; Belski, 2009 ; English, 1997 ; Lai, Roan, Greenberg, & Yang, 2008 ; Ozyurt & Ozyurt, 2015 ; Wakefield, 1985 ; Rostan, 1994 )

Bfd

Boundary Breaking Fragment Dependent

Detectability^b

Ability to detect changes, cues and patterns within problem

Hu

Humor

Sensitivity^b

Capacity for emotional transference

( Genco, Johnson, Holtta-Otto, & Conner Seepersad, 2011 ; Chan & Schunn, 2014 ; Gardner & Winner, 1982 ; Piirto, 2004 ; Kohn, Paulus, & Korde, 2011 ; Mednick, 1962 )

Ucc

Unconventionality C

Passion^b

Ability to express concepts important to the individual

Bfi

Boundary Breaking Fragment Independent

Risk^b

Ability to take action in the face of the unknown

( Eisenman, 1987 ; Pankove & Kogan, 1968 ; Sternberg, 2012 ; Steele, McIntosh, & Higgs, 2016 ; Tyagi, Hanoch, Hall, Runco, & Denham, 2017 ; McClelland, 1963 )