Originality ratings of department store display department personnel

Abstract

To measure creative thinking, employees of a department store display department were administered the Welch Reorganization Test and were rated on creativeness by the department managers. The correlation between the rating and the test score was .60. Mean scores for this and previously studied groups were: professional artists, 60.5; college art majors, 56.4; department store display personnel, 43.1; unselected students, 37.6. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)