Effects of a Laughing versus a Nonlaughing Model on Humor Responses in College Students
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 48 (1) , 35-40
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1981.48.1.35
Abstract
The generality of the role of imitation learning with respect to humor responses was examined in 48 college students. The students were exposed to either no model, a laughing model, or a nonlaughing model before reading magazine cartoons alone. The students who had observed a laughing model laughed more than the students who had observed a nonlaughing model or no model.Keywords
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