03922nam 22006735 450 991078841990332120230725045620.03-11-080460-310.1515/9783110804607(CKB)3360000000338587(EBL)929184(OCoLC)794664456(SSID)ssj0000679103(PQKBManifestationID)12293391(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679103(PQKBWorkID)10610316(PQKB)10661631(DE-B1597)42539(OCoLC)979746705(DE-B1597)9783110804607(MiAaPQ)EBC929184(EXLCZ)99336000000033858720190708d2010 fg engur|nu---|u||utxtccrThe Sense of Humor Explorations of a Personality Characteristic /Willibald RuchReprint 2010Berlin ;Boston :De Gruyter Mouton,[2010]©19981 online resource (508 p.)Humor Research [HR] ;3Description based upon print version of record.3-11-016207-5 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 indexWit and humorPsychological aspectsPersonalityLiteratureBehavior and Behavior MechanismsHumanitiesPersonality DevelopmentWit and Humor as TopicpsychologyWit and humorPsychological aspectsPersonalityLiteratureBehavior and Behavior MechanismsHumanitiesPersonality Development.Wit and Humor as Topicpsychology155.2/32Ruch WillibaldDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910788419903321The Sense of Humor3825517UNINA