| Autore |
Roeckelein Jon E
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2002
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (591 p.)
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| Disciplina |
152.4/3
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| Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - Psychological aspects
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| ISBN |
9798216002741
9786610869190
9781280869198
1280869194
9780313011269
0313011265
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- The Psychology of Humor -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 1 Terminological Aspects and Domains of Humor -- DEFINITIONS OF THE CONCEPT OF HUMOR -- HUMOR VERSUS WIT -- HUMOR AND LAUGHTER -- HUMOR AND COMEDY -- HUMOR AS SATIRE/IRONY/SARCASM/FARCE/PARODY -- HUMOR AS RIDDLES/PUNS/JOKES -- HUMOR IN CARICATURE/CARTOONS/COMIC STRIPS/SLAPSTICK -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 Origins and Evolution of Humor -- ANCIENT/PRIMITIVE HUMOR -- HUMOR AND THE EARLY PHILOSOPHICAL THEORIES -- BIBLICAL AND JEWISH HUMOR -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 Modern Theoretical Aspects of Humor -- NONPSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF HUMOR -- Theories Based in Literature -- Theories Based in Physiology/Biology -- Theories Based in Communications/Culture/Advertising -- PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES OF HUMOR -- Theories Based in Modern Philosophy -- Behavioral Theories -- Cognitive/Perceptual Theories -- Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic Theories -- Theories Based in Sociology/Social Psychology/Anthropology -- SUMMARY: A CONCISE DICTIONARY OF HUMOR THEORIES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 Differential and Functional Aspects of Humor -- DIFFERENCES IN HUMOR APPRECIATION -- Individual, Personality, and Gender Differences -- Ethnic, Cross-Cultural, and Cross-Generational Differences -- Aggression as a Variable in Humor Studies -- FUNCTIONS OF HUMOR -- Humor as a Coping Mechanism -- Humor and Psychotherapy -- Humor in the Classroom and the Workplace -- Social Influences/Aspects of Humor -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 Methodological and Futuristic Aspects of Humor -- SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY AND HUMOR RESEARCH -- Selected Early Psychological Humor Studies (1890-1959) -- Selected Modern Psychological Humor Studies (1960-2000) -- MEASUREMENT OF HUMOR -- FUTURE FACES OF HUMOR -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6 Annotated Bibliography of Humor Studies in Psychology (1970-2001).
AGGRESSION AND HUMOR -- APPLICATION OF HUMOR -- BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND LITERATURE REVIEWS OF HUMOR -- COGNITION AND HUMOR -- HUMOR AS COMEDY/JOKES/PUNS/RIDDLES/SATIRE/ IRONY -- HUMOR AS LAUGHTER AND WIT -- INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP DIFFERENCES IN HUMOR -- METHODOLOGY AND MEASUREMENT OF HUMOR -- NATURE OF THE HUMOROUS STIMULUS -- SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HUMOR -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Author.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910957100303321 |
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The psychology of humor [[electronic resource] ] : a reference guide and annotated bibliography / / Jon E. Roeckelein
