ABSTRACT

Many educationists have claimed that there is a relationship between ‘intelligence’ and ‘creativity’. In 1904, Spearman (see Wiseman, 1973) had suggested that there was a universal intellectual ability ‘g’ which he claimed played a part in any person's intellectual activity, whilst, later, Thurstone (see Wiseman, 1973) presented a multi-factor view. Eventually, Spearman himself came to agree that there are general intellectual abilities more limited than his ‘g‘