Can Creativity Make You Happier?

Psychology Today | 11.11.2026 17:24
The game show Family Feud pits two families against each other in a race to find the most popular answers to silly questions like “Name something you might find in a bathtub.” If you guessed “water” and 50 of the 100 people who had been surveyed had also chosen that answer, you would get those points. If you answered “arachnid,” you might get zero points. Even though many children learned the "Itsy-Bitsy Spider" song growing up, "arachnid" would probably not be one of the most-popular answers.