Creativity and Humor

Summarizes research that is at the intersection of two fields, how humor relates to creativity and how creativity influences humor

Sarah R. Luria (Volume editor), John Baer (Volume editor), James C. Kaufman (Volume editor)

9780128138021, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 29 August 2018

264 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.45 kg

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.

1. Humor Production and Creativity: Overview and Recommendations 2. Playfulness and Creativity:  A Selective Review 3. Developing Creativity and Humor:  The Role of the Playful Mind 4. 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 Humor 6. Body Joking:  The Aesthetics and Creativity of Organizational Humor 7. The Role of Humor in Teaching for Creativity 8. Applied Humor in Creative Product Design 9. Creativity and Humor Across Cultures:  Where Aha Meets Haha 10. Evolutionary Explanations for Humor and Creativity 11. A Comedy Professor, Design Thinker, and Theatre Producer Walk Into a Bar

Subject Areas: Geopolitics [JPSL], The self, ego, identity, personality [JMS], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psychology [JM]