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Direct linkShin, Hyelim; Cotter, Katherine N.; Christensen, Alexander P.; Silvia, Paul J. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2020
How do people come up with humorous ideas? In creative cognition research, exposure to good examples sometimes causes fixation (people get "stuck" on the examples) but other times sparks inspiration (people's responses are more creative). The present research examined the effects of funny and unfunny examples on joke production. A sample…
Descriptors: Humor, Creativity, Schemata (Cognition), Responses
Peer reviewedZiv, Avner – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1983
In one experiment, 78 adolescents were shown humorous film clips and required to write captions for cartoons. A creativity test was administered. In a second study, the experimental group completed the Torrance Creativity Test with humorous responses. In both studies, a humorous atmosphere was found to significantly increase creativity scores.…
Descriptors: Creative Expression, Creativity, Creativity Tests, Cues
