Abstract
Motivational Differences among High and Low Creative University Students
A.K. Gopal, V.K. Sharma & A.K. Singh
This paper attempts to describe the motivational differences in respect of Achievement, Affiliation, Power, Aggression and Security motives in high and low creative college students. To achieve this goal the authors first administered Wallach-Kogan Tests of Creativity to a sample of 100 undergraduate male students drawn randomly and in equal numbers from the Science and Arts faculties of Banaras Hindu University. On the basis of the `Number' and `Uniqueness' scores obtained on this test, 30 students each were identified as high and low creatives. These students were then administered AAPAS Motive Test to assess the strength and presence of each of the five motives mentioned above and Socio-Economic Status Scale Questionnaire to assess their social status. Results based on one way Analysis of Co-variance indicate that the two groups show highly significant differences in respect of Aggression motive (Fy. x =14.17, p < .01) and Security motive (Fy. x = 45.17, E < .01). However, no such differences could be observed for the other three motives, namely, Achievement (Fy. x = 3.37, p > .05), Affiliation (Fy. x = 3.37, E > .05) and Power (Fy. x = 0.038, p > .05).