Introduction to the Psychology of Humor

Informationen zum Autor Janet M. Gibson is Professor of Psychology at Grinnell College, USA. Klappentext An Introduction to the Psychology of Humor provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of psychologists' research on humor. Drawing on research from a variety of psychological perspectives, from cognitive and biological to social and developmental, the book explores factors that affect our detection, comprehension, liking, and use of humor. Zusammenfassung An Introduction to the Psychology of Humor provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of psychologists? research on humor. Drawing on research from a variety of psychological perspectives, from cognitive and biological to social and developmental, the book explores factors that affect our detection, comprehension, liking, and use of humor. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Cognitive Psychology Chapter 2. Biological Psychology Chapter 3. Personality Psychology Chapter 4. Social Psychology Chapter 5. Cross-cultural Psychology Chapter 6. Developmental Psychology Chapter 7. Health Psychology Chapter 8. Positive Psychology Chapter 9. Clinical Psychology Chapter 10. Applied Psychology References

Product details

• Authors: Janet M. Gibson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.2019
• EAN: 9780367029043
• ISBN: 978-0-367-02904-3
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Psycholinguistics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics