A scattered CAT: A critical evaluation of the consensual assessment technique for creativity research.

By Genevieve M. Cseh, Karl K. Jeffries. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 2019

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Amabile’s consensual assessment technique (CAT)—taking the consensus opinions of domain experts—is considered a “gold standard” of creativity assessment for research purposes. While several studies have identified how specific procedural choices impact the CAT’s reliability as a measure, researchers’ depth of knowledge about procedures and their effects still remains incomplete. This article explores gaps in the research by reviewing CAT and creativity literature and aims to explore to what extent the creativity research community needs to revisit and reflect on the CAT and solidify protocols for its implementation. The conclusion highlights the need for new debate and a program of research to clarify, evidence, and harmonize CAT methodology while simultaneously preserving the CAT’s flexibility. This would enable the development and sophistication of the CAT, including possible new assistive technologies, to further strengthen its use within the science of creativity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Mechanical Engineering, Social Psychology

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Scoring divergent thinking tests: A review and systematic framework. (2019, methodology): “…discussion on specific practice and recommendations of procedure here, we refer the reader to the review on the consensual assessment technique by Cseh and Jeffries (2019). decisions with respect to whether responses should be scored as a whole set or individually should be made, leading to…”
Creativity assessment in psychological research: (Re)setting the standards. (2019, methodology): “Resulting productions are generally rated by external observers using the CAT (Amabile, 1982) or related techniques well represented in this issue (Cseh & Jeffries, 2019; Glaveanu, 2019; Myszkowski & Storme, 2019; Primi, Silvia, Jauk, & Benedek, 2019) and further discussed later.”