conditions of tha Velten Rood induction were usad to altar tha Rood of 68 undergraduates* 21 Rales and 47 feRales.Tha affects of this Rood aanipulation on creativity was assessed using the Reacts Associates Test (RAT).Subjects also coRPleted savaral affect# creativity# and intelligence questionaires.Affect intensity was measured with the Affect Intensity Measure (AIM) and daily affect ratings.Frequency of affect was Reasured with daily affect ratings# and the Fordyce happiness scales.The creativity sub-scale of the Adult Personality Inventory (API) and the Otis I.Q.test ware used to assess creativity and intelligance respectively.Subjects in a positive Rood scored higher on the RAT than those in a nautral Rood.This result confiras that previously reported by Isen at al. (1985).However# subjects high in affect Intensity had less creative associations than those low in affect intensity.It appears that the tendency to experience high intensity affect interferes with the ability to perforR reasoning tests (such as the RAT).Indeed# scores on the RAT were significantly correlated with those on ths Otis 1.0.tost, suggesting that tha RAT provides a measure of some kind of cognitive ability.Tha trait aaasura of eraativity (provided by tha 2 API) was not significantly corralatsd with ths RAT* suggesting that these two tests relate to different aspects of creativity.Furthermore* while RAT scores did not correlate significantly with any measures of affect frequency* these measures were related to score on the API.This latter reletionship supports the idea of the "tortured artist."In addition* the reted creativity of the subjects' academic majors was significantly correlated with RAT performance.Taken together* these data support the idea that affect and creativity are related.However* the relationship is not obvious.Thera appears to be different kinds of creativity (as revealed by the RAT and API scores respectively)* and these are differentially related to affect measures and mood induction procedures.Sam ple: W h i c h o n e of the five things below is soft? 1 glass 2 SIMM 3 cotton 4 iron ft ice T h e right answer, of course, is cotton; so the word cotton is underlined.A n d the w o r d cotton is No. 3; so a heavy cross has been put in the 3d circle.This is the w a y y o u are to answer the questions.Try* this sample question yourself.D o not write the answer; just d r a w a line under it and then cut a heavy* cross in the right circle.Sam ple: A robin is a kind of -1 plant 2 bird 3 w o r m 4 fish 5 flower......... 66666 T h e answer is b ird; so you should have d r a w n a line under the weed bird and put a heavy cross in the 2d circle.T r y this o n e: Sam ple: W h i c h one oi the five numbers below is larger than 55? 1 5 8 2 4 8 3 2 9 4 57 5 16.............. 66666 T h e answer, of course, is 57, so you should have d r a w n a line under 57 and put a heavy cross in the 4th circle.T h e test contains 8 0 questions.V c u are not expected to be able to answer all of them, but d o the best y o u can.Y o u will be allowed half an hour after the examiner tells y o u to begin.Tty* to get as m a n y right as possible.B e careful not to go so fast that y o u m a k e mistakes.H o not spend too m u c h time on a n y one question.N o questions about the test will be answered b y the examiner after the teat begins.Lay your pencil down.