THE TEMPERAMENT AS A PREREQUISITE OF CREA TIVE ABILITIES

Temperamental and creative characteristics were compared in three grou ps Of subjects who manifested a bent for creative activity, The groups differed in their age: 14-year-old schoolchildren of architectural cl ass (n = 20), 18 to 20-year-old students of architectural institute (n = 94), and 35 to 45-year-old professional architects (n = 25). The te mperamental properties were measured using the STQ method, The creativ e characteristics were evaluated by E.P. Torrance's non-verbal tests o f creative thinking. In the structure of creative abilities, only two creative characteristics, i.e., fluency and flexibility, correlated at tile statistically significant level with temperamental properties in all the age-specific groups under study, The closest correlations wer e found with plasticity and emotionality of temperament both in object -related and subject-related spheres.