By Rod A. Martin
Research on humor is performed in a few components in psychology, together with the cognitive (What makes anything funny?), developmental (when will we improve a feeling of humor?), and social (how is humor utilized in social interactions?) even if there's adequate curiosity within the sector to have spawned numerous societies, the literature is dispersed in a couple of fundamental journals, with little within the method of integration of the cloth right into a book.
Dr. Martin is without doubt one of the top identified researchers within the zone, and his examine is going throughout subdisciplines in psychology to be of extensive attraction. this can be a singly authored monograph that gives in a single resource, a precis of knowledge researchers may perhaps desire to learn about study into the psychology of humor. the cloth is scholarly, however the presentation of the fabric is appropriate for individuals surprising with the subject-making The Psychology of Humor suitable to be used for complex undergraduate and graduate point classes at the psychology of humor-which haven't had a textbook source.
2007 AATH publication Award for Humor/Laughter examine category!
- Up-to-date assurance of study on humor and laughter in each sector of psychology
- Research findings are built-in right into a coherent conceptual framework
- Includes fresh mind imaging experiences, evolutionary types, and animal research
- Draws on contributions from sociology, linguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology
- Provides an summary of theories of humor and early research
- Explores purposes of humor in psychotherapy, schooling, and the workplace
- Points out attention-grabbing themes for extra learn and promising examine methodologies
- Written in a scholarly but simply available style
- 2007 AATH booklet Award for Humor/Laughter study category
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