Titlebook: Humor; The Psychology of Li Herbert M. Lefcourt Book 2001 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2001 Emotion.Moderation.Sex.personality.

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The Changing Concerns of Psychology, skirmishes in between—humor might have been taken as a serious subject for study far earlier than now. Prominent psychological theoreticians such as William James, William McDougall, and Gordon Allport were all curious about the great range of thought processes and behaviors that characterize our s

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The Pervasiveness of Humor,psychologists, ethologists, and other social scientists is whether we humans are alone among species in being abstract thinkers, users of language, empathizers, and perpetrators of and participants in humor. A common assertion is that we are alone in appreciating humor, that we are the sole jokers o

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The Many Faces of Humor: Variations in the Types and Definitions of Humor,ght mean the degree to which persons respond to potentially funny events. Alternatively, we may reserve the term to describe someone who is capable of creating funny jokes or stories that provoke laughter from listeners. However, although laughter may be thought to be a good indicator of a humorous

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Humor as a Means of Retaining Social Cohesion and Support,er food-producing societies. Where the latter are said to be more likely to die of diseases and in war, the former are more often the victims of murder. With particular reference to the inhabitants of New Guinea, where he regularly conducts field studies, and to isolated bands and tribal societies i

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Sense of Humor and Physiological Stress Responses,t may be directly evident in reduced sympathetic nervous system and adrenal activity and, indirectly, in the disinhibition of immune system responsivity. In this chapter we will examine what evidence there is of that connection between humor and stress-related physiological responses.