In a representative study conducted by the Berkeley Institute of Personality Assessment, "creative Architects," as distinguished from their less creative peers, exhibited a greater incidence of such personality traits as independence, self-confidence, unconventionality, alertness, ready access to unconscious processes, ambition, and commitment to work. However, it is not clear whether people who already exhibit these characteristics become creative or whether, as a result of acknowledging creativity, people come to exhibit such positively tinged traits. Also, individuals who work closely with those deemed creative seemed to exhibit a similar profile of traits.