Gil Greengross
Biographic Data
| ID | 6098209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gil Greengross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gil |
| FAMILY NAME | Greengross |
| SIGNATURE | GREENGROSS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
If you’re funny and you know it: Personality, gender, and people’s ratings of their attempts at humor
Sex and gender differences in humor: Introduction and overview
Sex differences in humor production ability: A meta-analysis
Humor as a Signal of Sexual Interest
Health among humorists: Susceptibility to contagious diseases among improvisational artists
There is a widely held belief that humor contributes to better health, but the research on this topic yields mixed results. To assess the relationship between humor and health, we compared the susceptibility to various infectious diseases of 511 comedy performers (amateur improvisational artists) and a control group of 795 non-performers that were matched to the comedy performers sample in age and sex. Subjects reported the number of episodes and…
Childhood experiences of professional comedians: Peer and parent relationships and humor use
This study examines a commonly held belief, left over from psychoanalytic theories of humor as a coping mechanism, that relationships with parents strongly influence comedians' temperaments and career choices. Thirty one professional stand-up comedians and 400 students completed the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), which concerns recollected parental care and protectiveness, and a new self-report questionnaire that measures popularity and humor…
Dissing Oneself versus Dissing Rivals: Effects of Status, Personality, and Sex on the Short-Term and Long-Term Attractiveness of Self-Deprecating and Other-Deprecating Humor
This study explores the adaptive functions and design features of self-and other-deprecating humor. Sixty-four female and 32 male college students participated in a two-part study. In the first part, we examined the relationships among participant demographics, personality traits, and preferences for producing different types of humor. Men report using more other-deprecating humor than women do, and the use of other-deprecating humor decreases wi…
Dissing Oneself versus Dissing Rivals: Effects of Status, Personality, and Sex on the Short-Term and Long-Term Attractiveness of Self-Deprecating and Other-Deprecating Humor
This study explores the adaptive functions and design features of self-and other-deprecating humor. Sixty-four female and 32 male college students participated in a two-part study. In the first part, we examined the relationships among participant demographics, personality traits, and preferences for producing different types of humor. Men report using more other-deprecating humor than women do, and the use of other-deprecating humor decreases wi…
Sex differences in humor production ability: A meta-analysis
If you’re funny and you know it: Personality, gender, and people’s ratings of their attempts at humor
Sex and gender differences in humor: Introduction and overview
Dissing Oneself versus Dissing Rivals: Effects of Status, Personality, and Sex on the Short-Term and Long-Term Attractiveness of Self-Deprecating and Other-Deprecating Humor
This study explores the adaptive functions and design features of self-and other-deprecating humor. Sixty-four female and 32 male college students participated in a two-part study. In the first part, we examined the relationships among participant demographics, personality traits, and preferences for producing different types of humor. Men report using more other-deprecating humor than women do, and the use of other-deprecating humor decreases wi…
Childhood experiences of professional comedians: Peer and parent relationships and humor use
This study examines a commonly held belief, left over from psychoanalytic theories of humor as a coping mechanism, that relationships with parents strongly influence comedians' temperaments and career choices. Thirty one professional stand-up comedians and 400 students completed the Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI), which concerns recollected parental care and protectiveness, and a new self-report questionnaire that measures popularity and humor…
Humor as a Signal of Sexual Interest
Health among humorists: Susceptibility to contagious diseases among improvisational artists
There is a widely held belief that humor contributes to better health, but the research on this topic yields mixed results. To assess the relationship between humor and health, we compared the susceptibility to various infectious diseases of 511 comedy performers (amateur improvisational artists) and a control group of 795 non-performers that were matched to the comedy performers sample in age and sex. Subjects reported the number of episodes and…
Sex and gender differences in humor: Introduction and overview
Sex differences in humor production ability: A meta-analysis
If you’re funny and you know it: Personality, gender, and people’s ratings of their attempts at humor
Humor Studies and Applications (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Media, Gender, and Advertising (3 works) · Personality (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (2 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works) · Media Influence and Health (2 works)