The Sense of Humor : : Explorations of a Personality Characteristic / / ed. by Willibald Ruch.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Aharonson, Haim,; Bergen, Doris,; Craik, Kenneth H.,; Davies, Christie,; Deckers, Lambert,; Derks, Peter,; Ervin-Tripp, Susan M.,; Forabosco, Giovannantonio,; Haselton, Martiε G.,; Hehl, Franz-Josef,; Klingman, Avigdor,; Kuiper, Nicholas A.,; Köhler, Gabriele,; Lampert, Martin D.,; Lefcourt, Herbert Μ.,; Manke, Beth,; Martin, Rod A.,; Nevo, Ofra,; Raskin, Victor,; Ruch, Willibald,; Staley, Rosemary E.,; Thomas, Stacy,; Ware, Aaron P.,
• HerausgeberIn: Ruch, Willibald,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Humor Research [HR] , 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (498 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of contributors --; Preface and acknowledgments --; PART I. INTRODUCTION --; Foreword and overview. Sense of humor: A new look at an old concept --; Approaches to the sense of humor: A historical review --; PART II. CURRENT CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES --; Humor and personality in everyday life --; The sense of humor and the truth --; A two-mode model of humor appreciation: Its relation to aesthetic appreciation and simplicity-complexity of personality --; “Sense” of humor: Perception, intelligence, or expertise? --; Is sense of humor a positive personality characteristic? --; Humor and stress revisited --; A temperament approach to humor --; PART III. DIFFERENCES AMONG GROUPS --; Exploring paradigms: The study of gender and sense of humor near the end of the 20th century --; The ill side of humor: Pathological conditions and sense of humor --; The dog that didn't bark in the night: A new sociological approach to the cross-cultural study of humor --; PART IV. INTRAINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES --; Influence of mood on humor --; Development of the sense of humor --; PART V. CAUSES OF INTER- AND INTRA-INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES --; Genetic and environmental contributions to children's interpersonal humor --; The development and evaluation of a systematic program for improving sense of humor --; Appendix: Humor measurement toots --; Bibliography --; Author index --; Subject index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110804607; 9783110636895; 9783110277135; 9783110277197; 9783110277166; 9783110276909; 9783110233940
• ISSN: 1861-4116
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110804607
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Willibald Ruch.