We seek to examine how the level of “hypotheticality” (how real or abstract something seems) affects humor in this study. Under the Benign Violation Theory of humor (McGraw \u26 Warren, 2010), or BVT, humor is a result of a benign violation. Psychological distance can enhance or limit humor based on the ability to reduce a sense of threat. Previous research has been limited to extreme violations either mild or severe. The purpose of our study is to give depth to intermediary violation severity and how they interact with humor and distance. We hypothesize the moderately hypothetical condition is the funniest as a close stimulus will be too close and uncomfortable to be humorous, and a distant one will be irrelevant. Two studies were conduct...
How and when does someone decide to tell a joke? The current study is focused primarily on examining...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how therapists' use of humor in psychotherapy would aff...
Aggression at work is an expensive and widespread problem. While a large body of research has studie...
Violated expectations can indeed be funny, as is acknowledged by incongruity theories of humor. Acco...
Humor is ubiquitous and often beneficial, but its antecedents have been debated for millennia. We e...
Inspection of the data obtained by Deckers and Kizer (1974) in exploring the incongruity hypothesis ...
Humor is a ubiquitous experience that facilitates coping, social coordination, and well-being. We ex...
Humor is an important, ubiquitous phenomenon; however, seemingly disparate conditions seem to facili...
Contains fulltext : 77089.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)This study aim...
This study explores the contradiction between individually-held beliefs and reactions to sexist humo...
Includes bibliographical references.The present study reports the relationship between anxiety and i...
In the psychological literature little has been written about the use of humor in therapy. Especiall...
Humor is a fundamental part of personal and professional interactions. Yet, prior psychology and man...
Humor is a fundamental part of personal and professional interactions. Yet, prior psychology and man...
The current work estimated the relative importance of joke and audience characteristics for the occu...
How and when does someone decide to tell a joke? The current study is focused primarily on examining...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how therapists' use of humor in psychotherapy would aff...
Aggression at work is an expensive and widespread problem. While a large body of research has studie...
Violated expectations can indeed be funny, as is acknowledged by incongruity theories of humor. Acco...
Humor is ubiquitous and often beneficial, but its antecedents have been debated for millennia. We e...
Inspection of the data obtained by Deckers and Kizer (1974) in exploring the incongruity hypothesis ...
Humor is a ubiquitous experience that facilitates coping, social coordination, and well-being. We ex...
Humor is an important, ubiquitous phenomenon; however, seemingly disparate conditions seem to facili...
Contains fulltext : 77089.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)This study aim...
This study explores the contradiction between individually-held beliefs and reactions to sexist humo...
Includes bibliographical references.The present study reports the relationship between anxiety and i...
In the psychological literature little has been written about the use of humor in therapy. Especiall...
Humor is a fundamental part of personal and professional interactions. Yet, prior psychology and man...
Humor is a fundamental part of personal and professional interactions. Yet, prior psychology and man...
The current work estimated the relative importance of joke and audience characteristics for the occu...
How and when does someone decide to tell a joke? The current study is focused primarily on examining...
The purpose of this study was to investigate how therapists' use of humor in psychotherapy would aff...
Aggression at work is an expensive and widespread problem. While a large body of research has studie...