Creativity and Humor
Academic Press
Published on 28. September 2018
264 pages
978-0-12-813803-8 (ISBN)
Description
Creativity and Humor provides an overview of the intersection of how humor influences creativity and how creativity can affect humor. The book's chapters speak to the wide reach of creativity and humor with different topics, such as play, culture, work, education, therapy, and social justice covered. As creativity and humor are individual traits and abilities that have each been studied in psychology, this book presents the latest information.
- Explains how, and why, humor enhances creativity
- Explores the thought processes behind producing humor and creativity
- Examines how childhood play is the basis for both creativity and humor
- Discusses cross-cultural differences in humor and creativity
- Reviews creativity and humor in politics, teaching and relationships
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Sarah R. Luria | John Baer | James C. Kaufman
Creativity and Humor
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08/2018
Academic Press
€94.50
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Content
1. Humor Production and Creativity: Overview and Recommendations2. Playfulness and Creativity: A Selective Review3. Developing Creativity and Humor: The Role of the Playful Mind4. Why Humor Enhances Creativity fromn Theoretical Explanations to an Empirical Humor Training Program: Effective "Ha-Ha" Helps People to "A-Ha"5. Thinking Fast and Slow and Creatively in the Experience of Humor6. Body Joking: The Aesthetics and Creativity of Organizational Humor7. The Role of Humor in Teaching for Creativity8. Applied Humor in Creative Product Design9. Creativity and Humor Across Cultures: Where Aha Meets Haha10. Evolutionary Explanations for Humor and Creativity11. A Comedy Professor, Design Thinker, and Theatre Producer Walk Into a Bar
