Sex and Grade Differences in Verbal Creative Thinking among Iranian Middle-School Children

Abstract

The relations of sex and grade with verbal originality of 407 boys and 479 girls ( M age = 12.7 yr., SD=.9) in Iranian middle schools (Grades 6 through 8) were investigated. The Sounds and Images test, one of the components of Thinking Creatively with Sounds and Words, was administered to measure verbal originality. Analysis showed boys scored significantly higher than girls on verbal originality and Grade 6 children scored significantly higher than Grade 7 children. The results were discussed in terms of sociocultural factors.