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).
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