Abstract
Mednick (1962) defined creativity as the process of putting useful, unusual, original ideas together. The more creative person, the more he could associate unrelated, remote ideas. According to this definition, Mednick developed Remote Association Test (RAT) as an objective tool for assessing creativity. The main purpose of our research is to develop Chinese Word Remote Associatives Test (CWRAT). According to the results of item analysis, we choose 60 items from pilot study and divide into Form A and From B with same difficulty. In the reliability, the correlation between two forms is .610, and the coefficiencies of Cronbach's α are .808 and .801 in order. In the validity, the correlations between two Forms and Insight Problems are .506 and .404 (ps < .05). No correlation was found between two Forms and New Creativity Test for Use (rs between -.056-.082, ps > .05). In conclusion, CWRAT could effectively measure remote association ability and creative potential with good reliability and validity.