The Remote Associates Test (RAT), adult form was originally published in 1959, and then again in 1962, by Professor Sarnoff Mednick and Martha T.
This compound RAT gives researchers a cohesive and operational definition normative list, where subjects are able to solve tasks in less time.
[2] Mednick also suggested that this test be used to select students from lower-income families to be admitted to special educational programs.
[1] Worthen and Clark (1971)[9] concluded that the RAT measured sensitivity to language rather than creative potential.
[7] This test has been used to assess a wider range of cognitive abilities thought to underline creative thinking.
[10][11][12][13][14][15] Over the years, the RAT has been used to assess various cognitive abilities linked to creativity including insight, memory and problem solving.
Findings from one study[7] provide evidence for the RAT as a convergent thinking test, but much still remains to be understood regarding potential subprocesses of convergent thinking theorized to be assessed by the RAT[2] and how these processes are linked to actual creative behaviors.
Researchers have developed a Jamaican[25] adaptation as well as Hebrew,[26] Dutch,[27] Italian,[28] Chinese,[29] Japanese[30] and German[31] versions.