The Sense of Humor : Explorations of a Personality Characteristic

The Sense of Humor Explorations of a Personality Characteristic

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Ruch, Willibald, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton [2010]
Edición:Reprint 2010
Colección:Humor Research [HR] ; 3
Materias:
Wit and humor > Psychological aspects
Personality
Literature
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Humanities
Personality Development.
Wit and Humor as Topic > psychology
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • 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, Martiε G.
  • Is sense of humor a positive personality characteristic? / Kuiper, Nicholas A. / Martin, Rod A.
  • Humor and stress revisited / Lefcourt, Herbert Μ. / 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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