Creativity and Humor Across Cultures

According to the article, creativity and humor require which TWO elements (PICK 2)

• appropriate violations of norms

• a native speaker

• cognitive flexibility

• a good punchline

A joke is funny only when...

• it is seen as benign and appropriate by the perceiver

• it is written by a professional comedian

• it involves wordplay

• people know to expect the joke

What is considered "appropriate" is ___________________ , so expressing new ideas and expressing humor are both risky.

• objective

• subjective

Which two sets of knowledge do you need to understand the "Yes, Oui, Si, Ja" joke at the start of the paper?

• Yes, oui, si, ja all mean yes in their respective languages

• People who don't share a common language have a hard time communicating

• If you say "yes, oui, si, ja" it sounds like "yes, we see ya"

• Street performers are usually good at making people laugh

Power distance refers to _______________

• the relationship between low and high ranking people in a given society

• how much bigger a managers office is to his or her subordinates

• how far people have to rise in society in order to be successful

• the amount of economic inequality in a society

(Section 2) One cultural difference in creavitity is that while Western cultures tend to prioritize the novelty of ideas, Eastern cultures tend to prioritize the __________________ .

• financial impact

• usefulness of idea

• imagination required

• who came up with the idea

(Section 2) While Easterners tend to use humor for group bonding, Westerns tend to use ____________

• self-enhancing humor

• self-deprecating humor

• wordplay

• political jokes

(Section 2) Low power individuals in a high power distance society...

• use humor to cope with stress and anxiety

• can easily joke about people with high power because they are so different

• face a narrower range of acceptable behavior and a greater chance of punishment

(Section 2) The "nail that sticks up" refers to

• an individual who is different from other people in a collectivist society

• someone who has a good sense of humor

• a Westerner who lives in the East

(Section 2) While subordinates in Eastern cultures are less likely to display humor in front of their leaders, in western cultures,

• humor is a requirement for promotion

• humor signals confidence and competence which can enhance status.

• humor is something that doesn't belong in the workplace at all