
The Sense of Humor
Explorations of a Personality Characteristic
Willibald Ruch(Editor)
De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1998
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X, 498 pages
978-3-11-174411-7 (ISBN)
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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 / Ruch, Willibald -- Approaches to the sense of humor: A historical review / Martin, Rod A. -- PART II. CURRENT CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES -- Humor and personality in everyday life / Craik, Kenneth H. / Ware, Aaron P. -- The sense of humor and the truth / Raskin, Victor -- A two-mode model of humor appreciation: Its relation to aesthetic appreciation and simplicity-complexity of personality / Ruch, Willibald / Hehl, Franz-Josef -- "Sense" of humor: Perception, intelligence, or expertise? / Derks, Peter / Staley, Rosemary E. / Haselton, Martie G. -- Is sense of humor a positive personality characteristic? / Kuiper, Nicholas A. / Martin, Rod A. -- Humor and stress revisited / Lefcourt, Herbert ?. / Thomas, Stacy -- A temperament approach to humor / Ruch, Willibald / Köhler, Gabriele -- PART III. DIFFERENCES AMONG GROUPS -- Exploring paradigms: The study of gender and sense of humor near the end of the 20th century / Lampert, Martin D. / Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. -- The ill side of humor: Pathological conditions and sense of humor / Forabosco, Giovannantonio -- The dog that didn't bark in the night: A new sociological approach to the cross-cultural study of humor / Davies, Christie -- PART IV. INTRAINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES -- Influence of mood on humor / Deckers, Lambert -- Development of the sense of humor / Bergen, Doris -- PART V. CAUSES OF INTER- AND INTRA-INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES -- Genetic and environmental contributions to children's interpersonal humor / Manke, Beth -- The development and evaluation of a systematic program for improving sense of humor / Nevo, Ofra / Aharonson, Haim / Klingman, Avigdor -- Appendix: Humor measurement toots / Ruch, Willibald -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index
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Reprint 2010
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Publishing group
de Gruyter Mouton
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
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Includes a print version and an ebook
Weight
750 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-174411-7 (9783111744117)
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