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    The document discusses the results of a test the author took to assess their creativity and problem-solving abilities. In the test, the author scored 74 on the innovative attitude scale, placing them in the second quartile. On the creative style assessment, the author scored in the third quartile for imagining and investing, the top quartile for incubating, and the third quartile for improving. The author reflects that the test results align with their self-perception of spending time considering alternatives and evaluating options before deciding on a solution.

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    RUNNING HEAD: DIAGNOSTIC SURVEYS FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING 1

    Diagnostic Surveys for Creative Problem-solving

    Student Name

    Institution Name
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    Diagnostic Surveys for Creative Problem-Solving

    Who am I? (Before the test)

    I think I am a fairly creative individual. I am very much sociable. I do not have any issues

    in communicating with public, co-workers and supervisors. Fundamentally, I do not keep

    pausing to find words or for thinking while I speak. I can speak coherently, fluently and

    emphatically. I am a very cooperative person and would like to seek others support in completing

    my tasks and I cooperate with others to complete theirs, in the sense I believe in creating

    synergies and thus I am a good team player.

    I see myself as a problem-solver, rather than a problem-creator. When confronted with an

    issue that needs to be handled, I try and look at it from different perspectives after having defined

    it. I seek several alternatives to a problem, rather than settling for the first and the most obvious

    solutions. I believe that every problem, can be approached from different directions and each

    approach gives rise to an unique solution. I also believe that each unique solution has its set of

    pros and cons attached to it and I would like to weigh each one of them before rushing into

    action.

    At times, this kind of looking for alternates to one given issue to be challenged makes me

    look like I am indecisive. However, that is not the case, it is just that I take a little longer

    evaluating the problem from different directions, arriving at different solutions, weighing each

    solution before I decide on a course of action for it.

    The test itself. (A brief commentary)

    I knew there are different tests that help us identify different aspects of our personality.

    There are several tests that identify how we learn, how we work in a team, what our leadership
    RUNNING HEAD: DIAGNOSTIC SURVEYS FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING 3

    styles are and so forth. However, I at one point of time, was not aware that there is a test that

    comments on our creativity and it is with that sense of curiosity that I took the test.

    Test Results. (An analysis and a reflection)

    The first test – the innovative attitude scale puts me at a score of 74. This puts me in the

    second quartile. In the second test of the creative style assessment I have the scored as follows:

    Imagine: 28 (puts me in third quartile), Incubate:30 (puts me in the top quartile), Invest: 26 (puts

    me in the third quartile) and finally Improve: 24 (puts me in the third quartile again.)

    Now what does this make me. Except on the dimension of Improve, I have scored more

    than the test means score (N=5000) that makes me stand reasonably above the normal level of

    creativity among the test takers.

    As I mentioned in the introduction paragraph of this essay, I am reasonably creative in

    daily life and apply it well to the work situations as well. Again, I spend time working out

    alternates, that is apparently where the incubations dimension comes in to play. I am aware that I

    do spend time looking and seeking alternates and answers from different dimensions. I do invest

    time in evaluating alternates (reflected in the third quartile score) and I finally I am average in

    improving (Whetten, Cameron & Woods, 2000).

    This test is a fair reflection of my own self-awareness on how creative I am. This test is

    realistic and reflects my true self. It is an excellent test for evaluating creativity and allows us to

    objectively assess it.


    RUNNING HEAD: DIAGNOSTIC SURVEYS FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING 4

    References

    Whetten, D., Cameron, K., & Woods, M. (2000). Developing management skills for Europe (pp.

    168-173). [Harlow, England]: Pearson Education.


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