LEADER 05236nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910784658303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-70768-2 010 $a9786610707683 010 $a0-08-046599-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000364048 035 $a(EBL)282106 035 $a(OCoLC)162131478 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000307299 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11263799 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307299 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10244091 035 $a(PQKB)11786357 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL282106 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10151382 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL70768 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC282106 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000364048 100 $a20061023d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe psychology of humor$b[electronic resource] $ean integrative approach /$fRod A. Martin 210 $aBurlington, MA $cElsevier Academic Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (465 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4933-0096-2 311 $a0-12-372564-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 373-420) and indexes. 327 $aFront cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to the Psychology of Humor; THE UNIVERSALITY OF HUMOR AND LAUGHTER; WHAT IS HUMOR?; The Social Context of Humor; Cognitive-Perceptual Processes in Humor; Emotional Aspects of Humor; Laughter as an Expression of the Emotion of Mirth; THE MANY FORMS OF HUMOR; Jokes; Spontaneous Conversational Humor; Unintentional Humor; PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF HUMOR; Cognitive and Social Functions of the Positive Emotion of Mirth; Social Communication and Influence 327 $aTension Relief and Coping with AdversityA BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMOR; Etymology of Humor; Changing Views of Laughter; Wit versus Humor; Evolution of the Concept of Sense of Humor; HUMOR AND PSYCHOLOGY; CONCLUSION; 2 Theories and Early Research I: Psychoanalytic and Superiority Theories; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; Overview of the Theory; Empirical Investigations; Evaluation; SUPERIORITY/DISPARAGEMENT THEORIES; Overview of the Theories; Implications of Superiority/Disparagement Theories; Empirical Investigations; Evaluation; CONCLUSION 327 $a3 Theories and Early Research II: Arousal, Incongruity, and Reversal TheoriesAROUSAL THEORIES; Overview of the Theories; Empirical Investigations; Evaluation; INCONGRUITY THEORIES; Overview of the Theories; Empirical Investigations; Evaluation; REVERSAL THEORY; Overview of the Theory; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS; Evaluation; CONCLUSION; 4 The Cognitive Psychology of Humor; HUMOR, INCONGRUITY, AND SCHEMAS; Schemas, Frames, and Scripts; Applications of Schema Theory to Humor; LINGUISTIC APPROACHES TO HUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF SCHEMAS IN HUMOR; Semantic Distance 327 $aSemantic Priming TechniquesCOGNITIVE PROCESSES IN CONVERSATIONAL HUMOR: IRONY AND SARCASM; EFFECTS OF HUMOR ON COGNITION; Creativity; Memory; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES TO HUMOR; HUMOR AS COGNITIVE PLAY; CONCLUSION; 5 The Social Psychology of Humor; HUMOR AS SOCIAL INTERACTION; INTERPERSONAL FUNCTIONS OF HUMOR; Self-Disclosure, Social Probing, and Norm Violation; Decommitment; Social Norms and Control; Status and Hierarchy Maintenance; Ingratiation; Group Identity and Cohesion; Discourse Management; Social Play; TEASING; SOCIAL ASPECTS OF LAUGHTER 327 $aHUMOR, SOCIAL PERCEPTION, AND INTERPERSONAL ATTRACTIONSocial Perception; Interpersonal Attraction; Humor as a Desirable Trait in Friendship and Mate Selection; HUMOR AND PERSUASION; HUMOR, ATTITUDES, AND PREJUDICE; HUMOR AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS; HUMOR AND GENDER; CONCLUSION; 6 The Psychobiology of Humor and Laughter; THE NATURE OF LAUGHTER; Laughter and Emotion; Acoustics of Laughter; Laughter Respiration and Phonation; Facial Expressions of Laughter and Smiling; AUTONOMIC AND VISCERAL CONCOMITANTS OF MIRTH; LAUGHTER IN NONHUMAN ANIMALS; The Play Face; Laughter and Smiling in Apes 327 $a""Laughter"" in Rats? 330 $aResearch on humor is carried out in a number of areas in psychology, including the cognitive (What makes something funny?), developmental (when do we develop a sense of humor?), and social (how is humor used in social interactions?) Although there is enough interest in the area to have spawned several societies, the literature is dispersed in a number of primary journals, with little in the way of integration of the material into a book. Dr. Martin is one of the best known researchers in the area, and his research goes across subdisciplines in psychology to be of wide appeal. This is a 606 $aWit and humor$xPsychological aspects 606 $aWit and humor$xTherapeutic use 615 0$aWit and humor$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aWit and humor$xTherapeutic use. 676 $a152.43 700 $aMartin$b Rod A$0908038 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784658303321 996 $aThe psychology of humor$92030975 997 $aUNINA