For decades, the methods and the techniques of measuring the creativity have been continuously improved. The psychometric methods in the creativity research can be grouped into four types:The creative processes, the personality and behavioral correlations of the creativity, the characteristics of the creative products, and the attributes of the creativity-fostering environment. After a brief overview in this line, this paper systematically analyzes the representative measurement tools and the common defects of existing measurement methods. It is concluded that the creative process tends to be systematic, the creative person tends to be specific, the creative products tend to be de-evaluator and the creative environments tend to be ecological. As the creavitity is a compound concept, these four dimensions cannot be treated separately. As a result of the methodology, the measurement of the creativity should be a compound one, therefore, the test methods should be multidimensional.

measuring of creativity  /  4p  /  development trend