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Greengross, Gil; Miller, Geoffrey – Intelligence, 2011
A good sense of humor is sexually attractive, perhaps because it reveals intelligence, creativity, and other "good genes" or "good parent" traits. If so, intelligence should predict humor production ability, which in turn should predict mating success. In this study, 400 university students (200 men and 200 women) completed…
Descriptors: Prediction, Intelligence, Structural Equation Models, Cartoons
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Sligh, Allison C.; Conners, Frances A.; Roskos-Ewoldsen, Beverly – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2005
The threshold hypothesis regarding creativity and intelligence suggests that these two constructs are positively correlated except at the higher end of the IQ distribution, where they are unrelated. Much of the support for this hypothesis comes from comparisons of correlations within average and high-IQ groups. However, a common methodological…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Creativity, Intelligence Quotient, College Students