O. J. Harvey

Status in Experimentally Produced Groups

In a study of intra-and intergroup relations utilizing a combination of observational and laboratory methods, two small groups were experimentally produced as a consequence of interaction among individuals. This was done under controlled conditions embodying goals that had a common appeal and that called for interdependent activities for their attainment. It is demonstrated that, when group members face an unstructured task in which they are sufficiently motivated, their estimates of each others performance are influenced by the status each occupies in the social hierarchy. This finding shows th feasibility of assessing the effects of group interaction by means of laboratory techniques.

A Partial Evaluation of Torrance's Tests of Creativity

Two key assumptions Torrance (1962, 1966) makes regarding his five tests of creativity (i.e., Ask and Guess, Product Improvement, Unusual Uses, Unusual Questions and Just Suppose) is that each test assesses more than one of the three basic dimensions of creativity (i.e., Fluency, Flexibility and Originality) and that when one of the dimensions is measured by more than one test the multiple scores may be combined to represent that dimension. The first assumption implies within-test independence among the scorings for different dimensions of creativity while the second implies a high relationship among the scorings of different tests within a