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Judged humor, arousal, and the relief theory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6205260
AutoresArthur Shurcliff (Cornell University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1968
Volumen8
Número4, Pt.1
Páginas360-363
Fecha de publicación1968-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/h0025493
PMID5645597
OpenAlexW2133502892
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas29
Referencias citadas7

The hypothesis that humor represents the sudden relief from strong affect was tested. Anxiety was used as the affect, and was varied among 3 groups of freshmen and sophomores by informing them of tasks they would be required to do, which supposedly would entail handling or extracting blood from white rats. At the start of the task the rat was discovered to be a toy. Questionnaires were then administered, asking Ss to rate humor, anxiety, and surprisingness. Humor ratings showed a significant positive trend with both anxiety and surprisingness. The results are interpreted as supporting the relief theory of humor, and as suggesting surprisingness as a strongly correlated variable

Arousal · Cognitive psychology · Humor research · Educational Philosophies and Pedagogies · Humor Studies and Applications · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citas por año0,54
Intervalo de citas1972 - 2026 (55)
Velocidad de citacióncurrent
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