The Sense of Humor
Explorations of a Personality Characteristic
Humor Research Series, vol. 3. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (2007) Hardcover, 498 pp. (ISBN 978-3-11-019829-4).
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The Sense of HumorExplorations of a Personality Characteristic
Humor Research Series, vol. 3. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (2007) Hardcover, 498 pp. (ISBN 978-3-11-019829-4). |
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Preface and acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction
Wilibald Ruch
Foreword
and overview. The sense of humor: A new look at an old
concept
Rod A. Martin
Approaches
to the sense of humor: A historical review
Part II. Current conceptual approaches
Kenneth H. Craik--Aaron P. Ware
Humor and
personality in everyday life
Victor Raskin
The sense
of humor and the truth
Willibald Ruch--Franz-Josef Hehl
A
two-mode model of humor appreciation: its relation
to
aesthetic appreciation and simplicity-complexity of
personality.
Peter Derks--Rosemary E. Staley--Martie G.
Haselton
"Sense"
of humor: Perception, intelligence, or expertise?
Nickolas Kuiper--Rod A. Martin
Is sense
of humor a positive personality characteristic?
Herbert Lefcourt--Stacy Thomas
Humor and
stress revisited
Willibald Ruch--Gabriele Köhler
A
temperament approach to humor
Part III. Intraindividual differences
Lambert Deckers
Influence
of mood on humor
Doris Bergen
Development
of the sense of humor
Part IV. Group differences
Martin Lampert--Susan M. Ervin-Tripp
Exploring
paradigms: The study of gender and sense of humor
at the
end of the 20th century
Giovannantonio Forabosco
The ill
side of humor: Pathological conditions and sense of humor
Christie Davies
The dog
that didn't bark in the night: A new sociological approach to
the cross
cultural study of humor
Part V. Causes of inter- and intra-individual differences
Beth Manke
Genetic
and environmental contributions to children's interpersonal
humor
Ofra Nevo--Haim Aharonson--Avigdor
Klingman
The
development and evaluation of a systematic program for
improving
sense of humor
Appendix
Willibald Ruch
Tools
used for diagnosing humor states and traits
Bibliography
Author index
Subject index
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