The contingency of humor appreciation on the stimulus-confirmation of joke-ending expectations.
- 1 November 1955
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 51 (3) , 644-648
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0043235
Abstract
A set of jokes was divided into three levels of varying stimulus confirmation of joke ending expectancy and Ss rated the degree of humor contained in the jokes. Predictions were made on the basis of the incongruity hypothesis of humor and the discrepancy hypothesis of hedonic arousal. The principal findings were: (a) the degree of humor appreciation increased with the degree to which the joke ending expectancy was confirmed; and (b) when incongruities were varied in degree, age and sex contributed to the humor ratings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)Keywords
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