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In 1958 hewitt found out some interesting statistics, what were they? what did they have to deal with? |
Humor in Relationships
90% male and 81% female said snese of humor was crucial in a dating partner
83% men and 87% female said humor was a crucial factor in marriage partner |
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Amy Bippus's Taxonomy of sense of humor.
amy bippus(2000) found a variety of behaviors to induce humor. __(Blank)___ is defined as people noticing humorous similarity or contrast between objects or concepts, and bringing it to athe attention of other people |
amy bippus(2000) found a variety of behaviors to induce humor. [[NOVEL PERSPECTIVE]] is defined as people noticing humorous similarity or contrast between objects or concepts, and bringing it to athe attention of other people |
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Amy Bippus Taxonomy of sense of humor
(7) Terms: |
1. physical humor 2.Verbal humor 3.poking fun 4.Ameliorating Humor 5.Performing humor 6.Pranks 7. Novel Perspective
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1. physical humor |
Slapstick, agressive humor |
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2. Verbal Humor: |
Manipulation or exploitation of conventions of spoken language or pre-established verbal forms, such as familiar phrases or song lyrics/ clever retorts, exaggerated or dramatized personal stories, canned jokes, invented song lyrics, puns, sarcasm, and nonsense utterances |
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3. Poking Fun: |
Humor that playfully critiwues some aspect of another person/targets nclude self, the person he is speaking to, or a third party |
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4. Ameliorating Humor |
active attempts by people in uncomforatble, stressful, or otherwise adverse conditions to change other's perspectives. Making fun of the situation to lighten the mood. |
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5. Performing Humor |
A combination of changes in a person's normal behavior by whih the humor producer is acting out being in a certain situation or states, or embodying a specific person or sterotype |
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6. Pranks |
Behaviors that derive humor from frightening, embarrassing or disturbing someone |
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7. Novel Perspective |
People noticing humorous similarity or contrast between objects or concepts and bringing it to the attention of other people |
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What were the findings of Lefcourt and Martin we discussed in class? |
94% of respondents claimed to have n above averageasense of humor |
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In the paper by Martin he indentified a model of humor. what kind of model was it and what makes up that model? |
Martins Three Dimensional Model:
The Cognitive dimension of Sense of humor The Emotional Dimension of Sense of humor The Motivational Dimension of Sense of humor |
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The Cognitive Dimension of Sense of Humor: |
Might be conceived as relating to individual differences in the ability to percieve, create, and comprehend humor |
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The Emotional Dimension of Sense of Humor |
We find general tendencies to be in a happy, cheerful and playful mood, and to have a low threshold for laughter |
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The motivational dimension of Sense of humor |
Might be thought of as relating to the sorts of the things the person laughs at or finds amusing |
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"Sense of Humor" (Eysneck) [3 meanings] |
1. Conformist meaning--> person laughs at the same things we do
2. quntiative meaning--> Person laughs a lot/ easily
3. productive meanings --> "life of the party" |
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(Freud): Psychoanalytic Theory: |
Jokes - Release of energy
Comic- based on incongruity theory; unexpected outcomes
Humor: defense mechanism designed to combat painful emotions |
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A centeral thesis to this course is that intentional humor is essentially a communication process what is communication? what does meyer say about humor and communication? |
4 basic functions of humor and comminication-> can either be a unifier or divider
identification/clarification (positions and values)
enforcement/differentiation (norms and what is and isn't acceptable) |
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In the communication prcess ___Blank___ is defined as putting thoughts into words and gestures. |
In the communication prcess ENCODING is defined as putting thoughts into words and gestures. |
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Greengross's article on humor and relationships: |
Women --> Want to laugh
Men--> want women to laugh at their jokes
(comic caption experiment)
Women want intelligent men, and humor is an indicator of intelligence because it is something that cannot be faked. |
