It's a Funny Thing, Humour : Proceedings of The International Conference on Humour and Laughter 1976

It's a Funny Thing, Humour contains the papers presented at the International Conference on Humor and Laughter, held in Cardiff in July 1976. The symposium provides a platform from which authors from different professional and personal background can talk about their own definition and analysis of humor. The book is structured into 10 main sections that reflect the structure of the conference and presents various studies and research on the nature of humor and laughter. Contributions range from theoretical discussions to practical and experimental expositions. Topics on the psychoanalytical theory of humor and laughter; the nature and analysis of jokes; cross-cultural research of humor; mirth measurement; and humor as a tool of learning are some of the topics covered in the symposium. Psychologists, sociologists, teachers, communication experts, psychiatrists, and people who are curious to know more about humor and laughter will find the book very interesting and highly amusing. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Preface , Pages xi-xii , Tony Chapman, Hugh Foot Foreword , Pages xiii-xv , B.M. Foss If Hamlet Had Had A Sense of Humour , Pages 3-5 , Harvey Mindess The Psychoanalytic Theory of Humour and Laughter , Pages 7-12 , Paul Kline Humour as a Tool of Social Interaction , Pages 13-16 , Thomas R. Kane, Jerry Suls, James T. Tedeschi American Humour and the Spirit of the Times , Pages 17-21 , Lawrence E. Mintz The Appeasement Function of Mirthful Laughter , Pages 23-26 , William F. Fry Jr. A Model of the Origins and Early Development of Incongruity-Based Humour , Pages 27-36 , Paul E. McGhee Elephants and Marshmallows: A Theoretical Synthesis of Incongruity-Resolution and Arousal Theories of Humour , Pages 37-40 , Mary K. Rothbart, Diana Pien Cognitive and Disparagement Theories of Humour: A Theoretical and Empirical Synthesis , Pages 41-45 , Jerry Suls Operationalization of Incongruity in Humour Research: A Critique and Suggestions , Pages 47-51 , Göran Nerhardt Humour as a Form of Social Control: A Deviance Approach , Pages 53-55 , Chris Powell Black Humour in the Modern Cartoon , Pages 57-59 , Robert Barshay Verbal Jokes as De-Transformed Utterances and as Speech Acts , Pages 61-64 , John Bradshaw The Psycho-Logic of Political Humour , Pages 65-69 , Charles E. Schutz The Great Screen Clowns and the Development of World Cinema , Pages 71-72 , Stuart Keen The Art of Revue: Further Emphases for the Psychology of Humour , Pages 73-85 , Michael O'Mahony, Robert Palmer, Jennifer King Psychological Approaches to the Study of Humour , Pages 87-94 , Mary K. Rothbart Humour and the Theory of Psychological Reversals , Pages 95-100 , Michael J. Apter, K.C.P. Smith Some Characteristics of Resting Respiration as Predictors of Laughter , Pages 101-104 , Sven Sveback Mirth Measurement: A New Technique , Pages 105-111 , Michael Mair, John Kirkland The Logic of Humour and the Humour in Logic , Pages 113-114 , John Paulos From Joseph Grimaldi to Charlie Cairoli: A Semiotic Approach to Humour , Pages 115-117 , Paul Bouissac Comic Mythos and Children's Literature - Or, Out of the Fryeing Pan and into the Pyre , Pages 119-121 , Samuel Schuman Approaches to the Study of Humour: Discussion , Pages 123-125 , Anthony Gale Humour as a form of Therapy: Introduction to Symposium , Pages 127-137 , Jacob Levine The Essential Ambiguity of, and in, Humour , Pages 139-142 , Aaron Hershkowitz The Sense of Humour: Actualizer of Persons and Theories , Pages 143-147 , Walter E. O'Connell The Use of Jokes in Psychotherapy , Pages 149-151 , Saul A. Grossman The Place of Humour in Adult Psychotherapy , Pages 153-156 , Barbara Killinger Humour, Irony and Self-Detachment , Pages 157-158 , David Cohen The Use and Abuse of Humour in the World of the Family: Current Trends in America , Page 159 , Melanie Allen Humour in Psychotherapy , Pages 161-164 , Harold Greenwald Cross Cultural Research: Humour Here and There , Pages 167-174 , Jeffrey H. Goldstein A Cross-Cultural Study of the Structure of Humour , Pages 175-179 , Thomas R. Shultz Magnificent Liars: Exaggeration in American Humour , Pages 181-183 , Arlen J. Hansen Play and Ritual: Complementary Frames of Meta-Communication , Pages 185-192 , Don Handelman Social Occasions for Joking: A Cross-Cultural Study , Pages 193-197 , Patricia J. Castell, Jeffrey H. Goldstein Children's Humour: A Review of Current Research Trends , Pages 199-209 , Paul E. McGhee Measuring Effects of Incongruity and Resolution in Children's Humour , Pages 211-213 , Diana Pien, Mary K. Rothbart Humour in Children Related to Piaget's Theory of Intellectual Development , Pages 215-218 , Chris Athey Birth Order and Humour Responsiveness in Young Children , Pages 219-221 , Antony J. Chapman, Linda J.M. Speck A Developmental Analysis of Children's Favourite Jokes , Page 223 , Jennings Bryant, Timothy P. Meyer Developmental Levels in Explanations of Humour From Childhood to Late Adolescence , Pages 225-228 , Alice Sheppard Comprehension and Emotional Adhesion in the Genetics of Humour , Pages 229-232 , Françoise Bariaud Children's Humour: Discussion , Pages 233-234 , Derek S. Wright Ethnic Humour: From Paradoxes Towards Principles , Pages 237-260 , Lawrence La Fave Context and Ethnic Humour in Intergroup Relations , Pages 261-265 , Richard Y. Bourhis, Nicholas J. Gadfield, Howard Giles, Henri Tajfel The Mass Media and the Functions of Ethnic Humour in a Racist Society , Pages 267-272 , Charles Husband Vicarious Superiority, Injustice, and Aggression in Humour: The Role of the Playful ‘Judgmental Set’ , Pages 273-276 , Roger C. Mannell Ethnic Humour is No Joke , Pages 277-280 , Hwenje Mutuma, Lawrence La Fave, Roger Mannell, Ann Marie Guilmette Ethnic Humour as a Function of Social-Normative Incongruity and Ego-Involvement , Pages 281-282 , Naresh Issar, Sarah Yee Wah Tsang, Lawrence La Fave, Ann Guilmette, Khetar Issar An Irony of Irony: The Left-Handed Insult in Intragroup Humour , Pages 283-285 , Lawrence La Fave, Roger Mannell, Ann Marie Guilmette Ethnic Humour: Discussion , Pages 287-289 , Lawrence E. Mintz Humour and Communication: Introduction to Symposium , Pages 291-301 , Dolf Zillmann Tedentious Humour in the Mass Media , Pages 303-310 , Joanne R. Cantor The Changing Stereotype of the Welsh in English Jokes , Pages 311-314 , Christie Davies Humour in Situ: The Role of Humour in Small Group Culture , Pages 315-318 , Gary Alan Fine Developmental Aspects of Humour and Laughter in Young Adolescent Girls , Page 319 , Rita Ransohoff Tracking the Intractable - The Analysis of Humour in the Study of Value Systems , Page 320 , C. Edward Hopen Degree of Hostility in Squelches as a Factor in Humour Appreciation , Pages 321-327 , Jennings Bryant The Function of Humour in the Classroom , Page 328 , Eric G. Linfield Humour and Communication: Discussion , Pages 329-333 , Gary Alan Fine Individual Differences, Personality, and Humour Appreciation: Introduction to Symposium , Pages 335-349 , Howard Leventhal, Martin A. Safer Conceptual Tempo as an Individual Difference Variable in Children's Humour Development , Pages 351-355 , David M. Brodzinsky Ecological Determinants of Gleeful Behaviours in Two Nursery School Environments , Pages 357-360 , Lawrence Sherman Individual Differences in Children's Social Responsiveness in Humour Situations , Pages 361-364 , Hugh C. Foot, Jean R. Smith, Antony J. Chapman Sex-Role Attitudes, Sex Differences, and Comedians' Sex , Pages 365-368 , Alice Sheppard Female Responses to Chauvinist Humour , Pages 369-370 , David K.B. Nias, Glenn D. Wilson A Genetic Analysis of Humour Preferences , Pages 371-373 , David K.B. Nias, Glenn D. Wilson Individual Differences in Humour: Discussion , Pages 375-376 , Paul Kline The World of Comedy: Introduction to Symposium , Pages 379-384 , William F. Fry Jr. Laughter and Joking — The Structural Axis , Pages 385-390 , Paul Taylor A Structural Approach to Humour in Farce , Pages 391-394 , Jessica R. Milner Davis Uses and Abuses of Canned Laughter , Pages 395-398 , Ray Fuller Funny Ha Ha or Funny Peculiar , Pages 399-402 , Anthony Buffery Humour as a System of Communication , Page 403 , Arthur Asa Berger Favourite Jokes of Children and Their Dynamic Relation to Intra-Familial Conflicts , Pages 407-411 , Atalay Yörükoĝlu Humour and Fairy Tales: Quests for Wider Worlds , Pages 413-416 , Julius E. Heuscher Nonverbal Communication Among Friends and Strangers Sharing Humour , Pages 417-420 , Jean R. Smith, Hugh C. Foot, Antony J. Chapman The Effects of Humour on the Flow of Social Conversation , Pages 421-427 , John La Gaipa Suppression of Adult Laughter: An Experimental Approach , Pages 429-431 , Kate Osborne, Antony J. Chapman Sex Differences in Humour Appreciation: A Question of Conformity? , Pages 433-435 , Nicholas J. Gadfield Teasing and Joking in Isolated Societies , Pages 437-438 , Gordon Burnand Environmental Conditions Affecting the Humour Response: Developmental Trends , Pages 439-441 , Frank J. Prerost Vulgarity in Humour , Pages 443-445 , William Hodgkins The Measurement of Humour Appreciation , Pages 447-449 , Alan Sheehy-Skeffington An Anatomical and Psychological Examination of Eye-Pouches , Pages 451-453 , John Kirkland, Michael Mair, Michael Couzens Perception of Computer-Drawn Animated-Movie Smiles , Pages 454-456 , John Kirkland Perception of Equally-Different Computer-Drawn Mirth-Like Schematic Faces , Pages 457-459 , John Kirkland Laughter in the Basement , Pages 461-462 , S.G. Brisland, R.A. Castle, J.W. Dann, D. McGarry, R.N. Smith, A.J. Snow A Designed Locale for Laughter to Reinforce Community Bonds , Page 463 , John R. Atkin Culture Bias in Attitudes to Humour , Page 464 , Tim Healey The Fool and His World, As Exemplified in the Fool of the Tarot Pack , Page 465 , Tim Healey Humour Among the Au Pairs , Page 466 , Alice Heim Humour and the Deprived Child , Page 467 , Winifred Hunter Humour as a Facilitator of Learning in Primary School Children , Page 468 , Ann P. Davies Humour, Laughter and Comedy: A Bibliography of Empirical and Nonempirical Analyses in the English Language , Pages 469-504 , Jeffrey H. Goldstein, Paul E. McGhee, Jean R. Smith, Antony J. Chapman, Hugh C. Foot Conference Contributors , Pages 505-507