to laugh or not to laugh: how people perceive humor differently
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To Laugh or Not to Laugh:
How people perceive humor differently
Molly Ruddell
We Know What It Looks Like…But What is Humor?
Communication tool with many positive and negative applications
My Sense of Humor
Video
Eddie Izzard “Evil Giraffe”
Behind the Laughter
Humor is not universal Many factors effect
perception
Personality
Extroversion vs. Introversion
Aggressiveness Self-deprecation
Life experience
Culture
Acquisition of values/political ideology
Subject of the Joke
We like to hear about
what we know
The Project Wrote a script for performance Organized a comedy show with other
students from a theater class
The Collaborators Josh Meredith Louis Nick Emily
Challenges Venturing out of my comfort zone ORGANIZATION Seeking help from others Thinking thematically
What I’ve Learned [This class wasn’t totally useless]
It’s not that some people are funny and some are not Everyone can have a humorous perspective in
their own right
Continued It is a evolving life skill and communication
tool!
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McGhee, Paul E. “A Developmental Test of the Dispositional Theory of Humor”. Child Development. Sep. 1981: 925-931. JSTOR. Springfield Township HS Lib. 3 Mar. 2009. <http://jstor.org>.
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Continued “Planets”. Online image. 11 Dec. 2003. lepmfi. 19 May 2009. <http://lepfmi.gsfc.nasa.gov>. Provine, Robert R. Laughter: A Scientific Investigation. New York, NY: Penguin Putnam Inc, 2000. “Ricky Gervais”. Online image. 2007. FilmWad.com. 19 May 2009. <http://filmwad.com>. Sanford, Stephanie. “Adolescent Humor During Peer Interaction”. Social Psychology Association. Sep. 1984:
235-243. JSTOR. American Sociological Association.Springfield Township HS Lib. 3 Mar. 2009. <http://jstor.org>.
Shulman, Polly. “Crack Me Up: Breaking the Humor Code”. Pyschology Today. July/August 2006. 69-77 Wilson, Glenn D. “Ideology and Humor Preferences”. International Political Science Review. Oct. 1990: 461-472.
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All Other Pictures Are From ClipArt
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