Last edition Elsevier 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.
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9780128138021
Imprint: Elsevier
Language: English
Authors: Sarah R. Luria
Pub Date: 08/2018
Pages: 264
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 500.000 grams
Size: h 152 X 229 mm
Product Type: Softcover
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- • 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
- Sarah R. Luria, MEd, is a PhD candidate in Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. She taught secondary mathematics, science, and human rights in North Carolina from 2006 until she began her studies in Creativity in 2014. Her research interests include creativity and social justice, equity in educational programming, and human rights education. Her achievements include the Academic Excellence Award from Duke University's Program in Education, The University of Connecticut's Outstanding Scholars' Program Fellowship, and the Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis Renzulli Fund for Graduate Studies in Gifted Education Scholarship.
- 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
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