Case study: who do you think is most likely to have come up with some of the most original ideas, and why?

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Case study

Rustin, Caprice and Sullivan have just completed the ‘alternate uses task’ by thinking about alternate uses for a brick. Rustin came up with 20 ideas, across 5 categories. Caprice came up with 16 ideas, across 2 categories. Sullivan came up with 10 ideas, across 3 categories.

  1. Who has the highest fluency score? [1 point]
  2. Who has the highest flexibility score? [1 point]
  3. Who has the highest within-category fluency score? [1 point]
  4. Who do you think is most likely to have come up with some of the most original ideas, and why? [1 point]
  5. Who do you think is the most likely to score the highest on a latent inhibition test, and why?