Mirth as a Function of Incongruities in Judged and Unjudged Dimensions of Psychophysical Tasks
- 1 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of General Psychology
- Vol. 105 (2) , 225-233
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221309.1981.9921075
Abstract
It was hypothesized that an incongruity in a judged dimension would produce more mirth than an incongruity in an unjudged dimension. Two experiments, each employing 64 undergraduates of both sexes and psychophysical tasks, created an incongruity in a height or weight dimension which Ss were judging or were not judging. The incongruity was created by presenting a stimulus much heavier or taller than ones previously judged. The results showed that more mirth as indicated by facial expressions occurred to the incongruous stimulus in the judged dimension than in the unjudged dimension.Keywords
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