Humor Appreciation and Time to Respond
- 1 October 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 27 (2) , 445-446
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1970.27.2.445
Abstract
Cartoons varying in content and complexity were presented to 24 male Ss. Dependent variables included humor rating of, and time to respond to the cartoons. Within-cell correlation between these two variables was −.288. Response time was more affected by complexity of nontendentious than of tendentious humor.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cognitive challenge as a factor in children's humor appreciation.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1967
- The angered: Their susceptibility to varieties of humor.Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1967
- On the need for relativism.American Psychologist, 1967
- Affect level, capillary pulse pressure, and response latency.Journal of Applied Psychology, 1967
- Response Latency as a Function of Stimulus Affect and Presentation OrderPerceptual and Motor Skills, 1966
- Some inconsistencies in the effect of motivation arousal on humor preferences.The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1961
- The effect of motivation arousal on humor preferences.The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 1959