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A Study on Instructional Humor: How Much Humor Is Used in Presentations?
Behavioral Sciences, 2021 Humor is applied in pedagogy to create a positive learning environment. Recent research focuses on the theories, effects, individual differences, and qualitative aspects of humor for instruction.
Vera Paola Shoda, Toshimasa Yamanaka
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The Conceptualization, Measurement, and Role of Humor as a Character Strength in Positive Psychology
Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2014 In positive psychology, humor has been identified as one of 24 character strengths considered ubiquitously important for human flourishing. Unlike the other strengths, humor was a late addition to this classification system and its status as a strength ...
Kim R. Edwards, Rod A. Martin
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Strategically Funny: Romantic Motives Affect Humor Style in Relationship Initiation
Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2016 Not all humor is the same, yet little is known about the appeal of specific humor styles in romantic initiation. The current experimental study addresses this gap by investigating how romantic motives (short-term or long-term) affect individuals ...
Theresa E. DiDonato +1 more
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Why Laughing Heals? A Review on the Use of Humor in Therapy
Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar, 2023 Humor is an important tool for expressing many emotions such as happiness, sadness, anger and surprise. In recent years, the use of humor has started to gain the quality of a therapy approach.
Selda Kanbur, Şule Baştemur
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Humor in Corporate Work Place Interactions: It\u27s Not What You Can Do for Humor, but What Humor Can Do for You [PDF]
, 2010 This review examines the role of humor in work place interactions through the social constructionist perspective (Hatch 1997). That is, this review explores the ways in which people construct their interactions through humor, and the effects that has on ...
Field, Zach
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, 2019 Humor is an essential human trait. Efforts to understand humor have called out links between humor and the foundations of cognition, as well as the importance of humor in social engagement.
Horvitz, Eric, West, Robert
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The First Joke: Exploring the Evolutionary Origins of Humor
Evolutionary Psychology, 2006 Humor is a complex cognitive function which often leads to laughter. Contemporary humor theorists have begun to formulate hypotheses outlining the possible innate cognitive structures underlying humor.
Joseph Polimeni, Jeffrey P. Reiss
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06. Richard Richards, Robert Roberts, and Aristotelian Aristotelianism [PDF]
, 2020 This paper is a tribute to a philosopher and a person I have long admired, Richard C. Richards. As a clear and rigorous thinker, a thoughtful and accessible writer, and as a kind, blunt, and extremely funny person, Richard embodies virtues I hope to ...
Gimbel, Steven
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Laughing Out Loud: Humor Usage in Young Childhood Classrooms [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of this honors thesis is to document the types of humorous occurrences among 2-3-yearold children and then to describe the relationship between children’s humor during circle time and teacher-child interactions, noting how teachers respond to
Rossi, Mary Frances
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07. Richard Richards is a Gay Scientist [PDF]
, 2020 A little recognized and under-appreciated fact about the august Richard Richards is that he is a gay scientist. I know what you may be thinking—Richard’s never shagged dudes, and if he has, it’s shitty to out him in an essay that’s meant to honor him ...
Monroe, David
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