| Description |
xxi,294 pages : illustrations ; 24cm |
| Contents |
Early conceptions of humor: varieties and issues / Patricia Keith-Spiegel -- Humor and its kin / Daniel E. Berlyne -- On the cognitive origins of incongruity humor: fantasy assimilation versus reality assimilation / Paul E. McGhee -- A two-stage model for the appreciation of jokes and cartoons: an information-processing analysis / Jerry M. Suls -- A model of the social functions of humor / William H. Martineau -- Physiological correlates of humor / Ronald Langevin and H.I. Day -- The relationship between arousal potential and funniness of jokes / Michael Godkewitsch -- Enjoyment of specific types of humor content: motivation or salience? / Jeffrey H. Goldstein, Jerry M. Suls, and Susan Anthony -- On being witty: causes, correlates, and consequences / Jacqueline D. Goodchilds -- Humor judgments as a function of reference groups and identification classes / Lawrence La Fave -- Humor, laughter, and smiling: some preliminary observations of funny behaviors / Howard R. Pollio, Rodney Mers, and William Lucchesi -- Advances towards an understanding of humor: implications for the future / Paul E. McGhee and Jeffrey H. Goldstein -- An annotated bibliography of published papers on humor in the research literature and an analysis of trends, 1900-1971 / Jeffrey H. Goldstein and Paul E. McGhee |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 269-282 |
| Bibliography |
Bibl.pages 263-283. - Index |
| Subject |
Wit and humor -- Psychological aspects.
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Wit and humor -- Psychology.
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Wit and humor.
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Wit and Humor as Topic.
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| Author |
Goldstein, Jeffrey H.
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McGhee, Paul E.
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| LC no. |
71187246 |
| ISBN |
0122889509 |
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