The Relationship of Humor to Intelligence, Creativity, and Intentional and Incidental Learning

Hauck, William E.; Thomas, John W.

doi:10.1080/00220973.1972.11011352

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“…Wit Selection Measure. Most studies have selected Wits entirely on the basis of a single dimension, i.e., relying solely on: group nominations (Hauck & Thomas, 1972), outside observers (Goodchilds & Smith, 1964), or the writing of cartoon captions (Treadwell, 1970). A wit selection measure should permit a wider range of wit expression.…”

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The Wit: A Personality Analysis

Clabby¹

1980

Journal of Personality Assessment

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Fifty-eight undergraduate psychology students were group tested on 12 variables thought to be related to the successful prediction of wit. In addition to a score on wit, scores on creativity, verbal fluency, need for play, need for impulsivity, self-confidence, dominance, exhibition, change, autonomy, personal adjustment, authoritarianism, and sex group were obtained. The results were analyzed in a stepwise multiple regression analysis. A significant Pearson product-moment correlation was obtained between wit and creativity (p < .01) and between wit and personal adjustment (p < .05). The multiple regression analysis indicated that creativity was the best single significant predictor of wit. Personal adjustment, in combination with creativity, provided the next highest significant contribution. The results are discussed and suggestions for further research are posited.

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The Wit: A Personality Analysis

Clabby¹

1980

Journal of Personality Assessment

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“…Prior research has indicated that humor is correlated with creativity (Hauck and Thomas 1972;Martin 2007) and that a humor-filled atmosphere promotes creative performance (Ziv 1976(Ziv , 1983. Mechanisms that have been put forward to explain how humor may enhance creativity can be divided into two broad categories: cognitive and motivational/affective (Chen et al 2005;Martin 2007).…”

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The impact of gelotophobia, gelotophilia and katagelasticism on creativity

Chan

Chen

Lavallee

2013

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A number of studies have found that humor has a positive short-term effect in terms of enhancing creativity, but few have examined its long-term effects, and few have considered different personality traits when exploring this connection. The present study seeks to address this gap by examining the relationship between creativity and dispositions towards ridicule and being laughed at. We conceptualized humor-induced mirth as a positive emotion within the framework of broaden-and-build theory (Fredrickson 1998), with the potential to foster an individual's disposition towards creative behavior. We hypothesized that this potential would depend on different dispositions towards ridicule and being laughed at. Path analysis was then used to explore the impact of gelotophobia, gelotophilia and katagelasticism on creative performance, with creative disposition as a mediating variable. Gelotophobia, the fear of being laughed at, was found to correlate negatively with creative disposition, and may also exert an indirect negative influence on creative performance through its association with creative disposition. Gelotophilia, the joy of being laughed at, on the other hand, appears to have a partially mediated influence on creativity, exhibiting both a direct and an indirect positive relation through its positive association with creative disposition. No significant relation was observed between katagelasticism (the joy of laughing at others) and creativity.

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“…It can create good feelings, facilitate communication, and promote flexible thinking (Morreall, 1963). There is now evidence to suggest that the presence of humor facilitates learning (Zillmann, Williams, Bryant, Boynton, & Wolf, 1980) and has a positive effect on information acquisition (Davies & Apter, 1980;Hauck & Thomas, 1972;Ziv, 1982).…”

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Identifying the Gifted Child Humorist

Fern

1991

Roeper Review

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The Relationship of Humor to Intelligence, Creativity, and Intentional and Incidental Learning

Cited by 55 publications

References 11 publications

The Wit: A Personality Analysis

The Wit: A Personality Analysis

The impact of gelotophobia, gelotophilia and katagelasticism on creativity

Identifying the Gifted Child Humorist

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