The effect of sex and types of humor preference on the attitude towards college men and women among selected De La Salle University college students.

Abstract. Two experimental studies were carried out in this study. The first one was made to find out if the sex of subject and target sex of hostility in cartoons affect the subject\u27s humor appreciation of hostile cartoons. From the five General Psychology classes of De La Salle University, 100 college students, 50 males and 50 females, were randomly selected. The subjects were assigned to the four experimental conditions namely: Group 1-composed of 50 males, presented with male target cartoons Group 2-composed of the same 50 females, presented with female target cartoons Group 3-composed of 50 females, presented with male target cartoons and Group 4-composed of the same 50 females, presented with female target cartoons. Seven pairs of slide projected cartoons, 3 non-hostile and 4 hostile, was the main instrument of this study. The ratings on the hostile cartoons were subjected to the two-way Analysis of Variance (2 X 2 ANOVA) with repeated measures on one factor. At .05 level of significance, results indicated that target sex of hostility in cartoons significantly influenced the subject\u27s humor appreciation but sex of subject on the other hand, did not influenced the humor appreciation of the subject. Furthermore, there was a lack of significant interaction between sex of subject and target sex of hostility in cartoons on humor appreciation. The second study, was made to determine if sex of subject and humor preference affect the subject\u27s attitud