The Sense of Humor: Explorations of a Personality Characteristic

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 1998

The Sense of Humor

Explorations of a Personality Characteristic

Edited by: Willibald Ruch

Volume 3 in the series Humor Research [HR]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110804607

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Preface and acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
PART I. INTRODUCTION
Foreword and overview. Sense of humor: A new look at an old concept Willibald Ruch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Approaches to the sense of humor: A historical review Rod A. Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
PART II. CURRENT CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES
Humor and personality in everyday life Kenneth H. Craik and Aaron P. Ware Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
The sense of humor and the truth Victor Raskin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
A two-mode model of humor appreciation: Its relation to aesthetic appreciation and simplicity-complexity of personality Willibald Ruch and Franz-Josef Hehl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
“Sense” of humor: Perception, intelligence, or expertise? Peter Derks, Rosemary E. Staley and Martiε G. Haselton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Is sense of humor a positive personality characteristic? Nicholas A. Kuiper and Rod A. Martin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Humor and stress revisited Herbert Μ. Lefcourt and Stacy Thomas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
A temperament approach to humor Willibald Ruch and Gabriele Köhler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
PART III. DIFFERENCES AMONG GROUPS
Exploring paradigms: The study of gender and sense of humor near the end of the 20th century Martin D. Lampert and Susan M. Ervin-Tripp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
The ill side of humor: Pathological conditions and sense of humor Giovannantonio Forabosco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
The dog that didn't bark in the night: A new sociological approach to the cross-cultural study of humor Christie Davies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
PART IV. INTRAINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Influence of mood on humor Lambert Deckers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Development of the sense of humor Doris Bergen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
PART V. CAUSES OF INTER- AND INTRA-INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Genetic and environmental contributions to children's interpersonal humor Beth Manke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
The development and evaluation of a systematic program for improving sense of humor Ofra Nevo, Haim Aharonson and Avigdor Klingman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Appendix: Humor measurement toots Willibald Ruch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
Author index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	491

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Copyright year: 1998
Edition: Reprint 2010
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 498
Keywords: Persönlichkeitsfaktor; Persönlichkeitsdiagnostik; Humor

eBook

Published: December 14, 2010
ISBN: 9783110804607

Hardcover

Published: June 16, 1998
ISBN: 9783110162073

Paperback

Published: July 30, 2007
ISBN: 9783110198294