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 creativityExplores the thought processes behind producing humor and creativityExamines how childhood play is the basis for both creativity and humorDiscusses cross-cultural differences in humor and creativityReviews creativity and humor in politics, teaching and relationships INDICE: 1. Humor Production and Creativity: Overview and Recommendations Willibald Ruch and Sonja Heintz 2. Playfulness and Creativity: A Selective Review Rene T. Proyer, Nancy Tandler and Kay Brauer 3. Developing Creativity and Humor: The Role of the Playful Mind Doris Bergen and Mostafa Modir Rousta 4. Why Humor Enhances Creativity fromn Theoretical Explanations to an Empirical Humor Training Program: Effective Ha-Ha Helps People to A-Ha Ching-Hui Chen, Hsueh-Chih Chen and Anne M. Roberts 5. Thinking Fast and Slow and Creatively in the Experience of Humor Larry Ventis 6. Body Joking: The Aesthetics and Creativity of Organizational Humor Barbara Plester, Brigid Carroll and Heesun Kim 7. The Role of Humor in Teaching for Creativity Ronald A. Beghetto 8. Applied Humor in Creative Product Design Gillian Hatcher, William Ion, Ross Maclachlan, Andrew Wodehouse, Barbara Simpson and Mario Marlow 9. Creativity and Humor Across Cultures: Where Aha Meets Haha Jackson G. Lu, Ashley E. Martin, anastasia Usova and Adam D. Galinsky 10. Evolutionary Explanations for Humor and Creativity Aaron Kozbelt 11. A Comedy Professor, Design Thinker, and Theatre Producer Walk Into a Bar Anne Libera, Neil Stevenson and Kelly Leonard
- ISBN: 978-0-12-813802-1
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 264
- Fecha Publicación: 29/08/2018
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés