Keywords:
Creativity; Humor; Chinese culture; Chinese education
幽默;创造力;中国文化;中国教育
Abstract:
This study surveyed 257 Chinese university students about their perception of relationship
between humor and creativity by asking them to nominate the best known creators and humorists they
could think of. Results showed that (1) there is an increasing diversification (flattening) of nomination
of the best-known creators; (2) there is a remarkable decrease in nomination of political figures in
perception of best-known creators as well as an enhanced appreciation of aesthetic component of
creativity, particularly an enhanced appreciation of the humor component of creativity; (3) there is a lack
of diversification (flattening) of nomination of best-known humorists ; (4) there is an overlap of nominees
of best known creators and best-known humorists, implying that students are beginning to recognize
similarities between the two.
本研究通过问卷调查研究的方法,搜集了257 名北京大学生对创造力和幽默代表人物的内隐认知,重点比较了中国大陆学生对创造力和幽默代表人物提名的差异及其成因。研究重点发现如下:(1)大学生对创造力代表人物的提名呈现扁平化、多元化的趋势。虽有一定业绩显著性,但提名中政治人物的比例降低,出现了去政治化的现象,也增加了幽默和审美的成分;(2)大学生对幽默代表人物的提名还没有出现扁平化,主要集中在喜剧演员身上,呈现出经典的内隐认知“非凡论”的趋势;(3)创造力和幽默代表人物前十名提名中有相同人物出现,这表明中国学生开始认识到幽默和创造力的相关性,这是良好的势头,但提名重合度颇低,仍集中在喜剧演员上,说明大学生对两者内在关联的认知仍缺乏一致性。