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The Sense of Humor : Explorations of a Personality Characteristic / ed. by Willibald Ruch.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Humor Research [HR] ; 3Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2010]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: Reprint 2010Description: 1 online resource (498 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110162073
  • 9783110804607
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.2/32 21
LOC classification:
  • BF575.L3 S39 1998eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface and acknowledgments -- PART I. INTRODUCTION -- Foreword and overview. Sense of humor: A new look at an old concept -- Approaches to the sense of humor: A historical review -- PART II. CURRENT CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES -- Humor and personality in everyday life -- The sense of humor and the truth -- A two-mode model of humor appreciation: Its relation to aesthetic appreciation and simplicity-complexity of personality -- “Sense” of humor: Perception, intelligence, or expertise? -- Is sense of humor a positive personality characteristic? -- Humor and stress revisited -- A temperament approach to humor -- PART III. DIFFERENCES AMONG GROUPS -- Exploring paradigms: The study of gender and sense of humor near the end of the 20th century -- The ill side of humor: Pathological conditions and sense of humor -- The dog that didn't bark in the night: A new sociological approach to the cross-cultural study of humor -- PART IV. INTRAINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES -- Influence of mood on humor -- Development of the sense of humor -- PART V. CAUSES OF INTER- AND INTRA-INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES -- Genetic and environmental contributions to children's interpersonal humor -- The development and evaluation of a systematic program for improving sense of humor -- Appendix: Humor measurement toots -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface and acknowledgments -- PART I. INTRODUCTION -- Foreword and overview. Sense of humor: A new look at an old concept -- Approaches to the sense of humor: A historical review -- PART II. CURRENT CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES -- Humor and personality in everyday life -- The sense of humor and the truth -- A two-mode model of humor appreciation: Its relation to aesthetic appreciation and simplicity-complexity of personality -- “Sense” of humor: Perception, intelligence, or expertise? -- Is sense of humor a positive personality characteristic? -- Humor and stress revisited -- A temperament approach to humor -- PART III. DIFFERENCES AMONG GROUPS -- Exploring paradigms: The study of gender and sense of humor near the end of the 20th century -- The ill side of humor: Pathological conditions and sense of humor -- The dog that didn't bark in the night: A new sociological approach to the cross-cultural study of humor -- PART IV. INTRAINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES -- Influence of mood on humor -- Development of the sense of humor -- PART V. CAUSES OF INTER- AND INTRA-INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES -- Genetic and environmental contributions to children's interpersonal humor -- The development and evaluation of a systematic program for improving sense of humor -- Appendix: Humor measurement toots -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index

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