The Sense of Humor

Prof. Dr. Willibald Ruch, geboren 1956 in Kärnten, studierte Konzertgitarre und Psychologie. Nach einem Studienaufenthalt an der Miami University in Oxford/Ohio (USA) war er Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Physiologische Psychologie der Universität Düsseldorf, Stipendiat im Heisenberg-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft und arbeitete im Labor von Paul Ekman an der University of California/San Francisco (USA). 1999 wurde er außerplanmäßiger Professor an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität in Düsseldorf. Von 2000 2002 war Willibald Ruch Senior Lecturer für individual differences/motivation & emotion an der School of Psychology, Queen s University of Belfast. 2002 erfolgte der Ruf zum ordentlichen Professor am Psychologischen Institut der Universität Zürich. Willibald Ruchs Forschungsschwerpunkte betreffen Themen der Differenziellen Psychologie und der Diagnostik, insbesondere der Positiven Psychologie und die Erforschung des Humors.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface and acknowledgments -- PART I. INTRODUCTION -- Foreword and overview. Sense of humor: A new look at an old concept / Ruch, Willibald -- Approaches to the sense of humor: A historical review / Martin, Rod A. -- PART II. CURRENT CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES -- Humor and personality in everyday life / Craik, Kenneth H. / Ware, Aaron P. -- The sense of humor and the truth / Raskin, Victor -- A two-mode model of humor appreciation: Its relation to aesthetic appreciation and simplicity-complexity of personality / Ruch, Willibald / Hehl, Franz-Josef -- "Sense" of humor: Perception, intelligence, or expertise? / Derks, Peter / Staley, Rosemary E. / Haselton, Martie G. -- Is sense of humor a positive personality characteristic? / Kuiper, Nicholas A. / Martin, Rod A. -- Humor and stress revisited / Lefcourt, Herbert ¿. / Thomas, Stacy -- A temperament approach to humor / Ruch, Willibald / Köhler, Gabriele -- PART III. DIFFERENCES AMONG GROUPS -- Exploring paradigms: The study of gender and sense of humor near the end of the 20th century / Lampert, Martin D. / Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. -- The ill side of humor: Pathological conditions and sense of humor / Forabosco, Giovannantonio -- The dog that didn't bark in the night: A new sociological approach to the cross-cultural study of humor / Davies, Christie -- PART IV. INTRAINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES -- Influence of mood on humor / Deckers, Lambert -- Development of the sense of humor / Bergen, Doris -- PART V. CAUSES OF INTER- AND INTRA-INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES -- Genetic and environmental contributions to children's interpersonal humor / Manke, Beth -- The development and evaluation of a systematic program for improving sense of humor / Nevo, Ofra / Aharonson, Haim / Klingman, Avigdor -- Appendix: Humor measurement toots / Ruch, Willibald -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index

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