Exploration of Individual Differences in Preferences for Humor
- 1 June 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 34 (3_suppl) , 1031-1037
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1974.34.3c.1031
Abstract
Liking scores for hostile, sexual, and nontendentious cartoons were correlated with personality factor scores of 20 female and 19 male college students. Sexual cartoons were liked more by males, especially by those tending to be tough or group-dependent, than by females, especially by those with higher general intelligence. Nonsense cartoons were liked more by females, especially by those with lower general intelligence.Keywords
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