How do jokes make people laugh?

Laughter is just an expression caused by jokes, and the psychological mechanism that is really highly related to jokes is actually a highly aroused positive emotional state induced by jokes-boosting. There is actually a considerable intermediate process from hearing a joke to laughing. In this way, our question has been well deepened: how do jokes induce a state of high arousal? In other words, how do jokes have a boosting effect? "Humor is wisdom" has its scientific truth to some extent, and both of them have one thing in common: creativity. Creativity is the first element of a joke. What we usually call the level of laughter is the creative understanding tendency and the personalized difference of understanding ability in jokes. Let's look at a joke: the Zen master said: choose a road, stick to it, the road will end, and efforts will always have results! I said: Mobius with _ Baidu Encyclopedia. Did you laugh? Maybe he smiled, maybe he didn't. Do you think my grandmother will laugh if I tell her this joke? I promise you, she won't laugh. There is no question of someone's joke, only his understanding of the events discussed in the joke. This is why there is such a big market for dirty jokes, political jokes and boss-scolding jokes. Because many people have never heard of Mobius belt, but few people don't understand men and women, don't gossip about the political situation, and don't have bad feelings for their bosses. Jokes are creative language products, and creativity is its most important cost. In 2009, Kaufman and Beghetto put forward the concept of "creating products". And "creating products" are divided into four categories from high to low. Great creation. Also known as outstanding creation, Einstein's theory of relativity belongs to this category. Small creation. Also known as daily creation, creative solutions and sudden ideas in daily work. This creativity is now considered to be measurable to some extent (Amabile, 1982). Micro-creation refers to an individual's personal branded interpretation of an experience or an event during the learning process. For example, when practicing playing guitar, find the most suitable playing method and develop personalized skills and means. Micro-creation is a psychological adhesive for a person to become an expert from a novice. Pro-creation refers to the professional creation of skilled people-such as designing and drawing a new poster, planning a new scheme, and making up a new paragraph by hand. Jokes, I think, may appear in any one of small creation, micro creation and temporary creation. But we can be sure that jokes are closely related to creative thinking. The relationship between creative thinking and emotion is mutual awakening. In 2008, the research team led by Bass finally completed the research involving 66 projects and more than 7,000 subjects, and systematically discussed the relationship between emotion and creativity. It is found that the relationship between "small creation" and positive emotions mentioned in our history is mutual awakening. Creative events can awaken positive emotions. The degree of this awakening is highly related to the quality of the products created. A general creative product can only awaken low-level positive emotions (such as peace and relaxation); And a high-quality creative product can awaken a high level of positive emotions (happiness and surprise). This explains the difference between smiling and shaking your head after hearing a joke-there are also differences in the level of jokes. Personal emotions can also affect creativity. Neutral emotions and low-level negative emotions (depression and sadness) have little to do with creativity. Some high-level negative emotions (sadness and fear) even reduce cognitive flexibility (a sub-dimension of creation). But at 20 10, Hennessey and Amabbile's research found that sometimes, highly aroused negative emotions can also stimulate creativity-that is, cowards. Well, to sum up: jokes have creative connotations, creativity and positive emotions can awaken each other, and positive emotions can induce human smiling expressions. So, you will laugh when you hear a joke. The following is the time to think after class: Why is it cold to listen to cold jokes?