The creativity motive.

The article presents related to creativity motive. Of primary interest in the present investigation is the Revised Art Scale (RA) which was derived by George S. Welsh from the earlier Barron-Welsh Art Scale (BW). The BW scale was derived by comparing the "Like-Don't like" response frequencies of 37 artists and art students with those of 150 "people in general." Three areas of investigation provided the point of departure for the present study, positive correlations between RA or BW score and judged creativity, the relative position of several groups on RA or BW, and personality descriptions of Ss placing at the extremes on the art scales in an attempt to explain in a tentative way these mutually supporting results, a construct of creativity motivation is proposed. This refers to the tendency for individuals to differ in the degree to which they attempt to experience their fullest perceptual, cognitive, and expressive potentials in their interaction with their environment it is felt that the attempt to realize one's potentials more. The following is a brief attempt to relate the hypothesized construct to the data summarized above. One difference between extreme groups on the art scales seemed to be the degree to which they strive to express themselves in their interaction with their environment.