Relationship between styles of humor and divergent thinking

Cayirdag N., Acar S.

2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES-2010), İstanbul, Türkiye, 4 - 08 Şubat 2010, cilt.2, ss.3236-3240 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 2
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.494
  • Basıldığı Şehir: İstanbul
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Türkiye
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.3236-3240
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between styles of humor and divergent thinking of Turkish 6(th), 7(th), and 8(th) grade students. Styles of humor were measured by Humor Style Questionnaire and divergent thinking was measured by Guilford's Uses Test. Two measurements were administered to 84 6(th), 7(th) and 8(th) grade students. Using bivariate correlations among 4 styles of humor, fluency, originality, and creativity, it was found that aggressive humor style was negatively correlated with fluency, originality, and creativity index and self- defeating humor style was negatively correlated with fluency scores. These results were discussed in terms of the association of humor and divergent thinking. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.