Humor and Laughter, Playfulness and Cheerfulness: Upsides and Downsides to a Life of Lightness
| Humor and Laughter, Playfulness and Cheerfulness: Upsides and Downsides to a Life of Lightness |
| Autore | Ruch Willibald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Frontiers Media SA, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Psychology
Science: general issues |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Cheerfulness
Class clowns Comic styles Humor Humor Intervention Laughing at Laughter Playfulness Teasing |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Humor and Laughter, Playfulness and Cheerfulness |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557239803321 |
Ruch Willibald
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| Frontiers Media SA, 2019 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Sense of Humor : Explorations of a Personality Characteristic / / Willibald Ruch
| The Sense of Humor : Explorations of a Personality Characteristic / / Willibald Ruch |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2010] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (508 p.) |
| Disciplina | 155.2/32 |
| Collana | Humor Research [HR] |
| Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - Psychological aspects
Personality Literature Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Humanities Psychiatry and Psychology Wit and Humor as Topic |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-11-080460-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463739803321 |
| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Sense of Humor : Explorations of a Personality Characteristic / / Willibald Ruch
| The Sense of Humor : Explorations of a Personality Characteristic / / Willibald Ruch |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2010] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (508 p.) |
| Disciplina | 155.2/32 |
| Collana | Humor Research [HR] |
| Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - Psychological aspects
Personality Literature Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Humanities Personality Development Wit and Humor as Topic - psychology |
| ISBN | 3-11-080460-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788419903321 |
| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Sense of Humor : Explorations of a Personality Characteristic / / Willibald Ruch
| The Sense of Humor : Explorations of a Personality Characteristic / / Willibald Ruch |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2010] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (508 p.) |
| Disciplina | 155.2/32 |
| Collana | Humor Research [HR] |
| Soggetto topico |
Wit and humor - Psychological aspects
Personality Literature Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms Humanities Personality Development Wit and Humor as Topic - psychology |
| ISBN |
9783110804607
3110804603 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 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 index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910960969803321 |
| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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