Motivational Factors in the Typical Display of Humor and Creative Potential: The Case of Malevolent Creativity.

作者: Corinna M. Perchtold-Stefan , Andreas Fink , Christian Rominger , Ilona Papousek

DOI: 10.3389/FPSYG.2020.01213

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摘要: Research is still disputing if an individual's use of humor in everyday life also indicative his or her creative potential. To date, the focus has been mainly restricted to shared cognitive factors, while motivational aspects that may link production and ideas have largely neglected. Humor motivation implicates latent social goals creator pursues through humor. These can be benign more malicious manifest typical display comic styles. While often overlooked, creativity serves functions as well, especially common situations. Similar humor, typically regarded beneficial for individuals society. Yet, originate from less prosocial goals. This reflected concept malevolent creativity, where novel are generated deliberately harm others. The present study investigated individuals' differentiated eight distinct styles relation their productivity a behavioral test general potential (n = 106). Individuals with higher scores on affiliated interpersonal - such hurting upsetting others demonstrating superiority over were fluent producing test. finding shows individual differences relate capacity coming up relevant outside domain pattern relationships between differed implied style "wit" only, primarily adding notion processes ideas. offers perspective how inclusion factors inherent conceptualizations benefit research.

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