Mirth as a Function of Incongruities in Judged and Unjudged Dimensions of Psychophysical Tasks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10122091 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lambert Deckers (Ball State University, corresponding author), Jerry Edington (Ball State University), Gary VanCleave (Ball State University) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 225-233 |
| Publication date | 1981-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of General Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1309 • E-ISSN: 1940-0888 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221309.1981.9921075 |
| OpenAlex | W2044343586 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
It was hypothesized that an incongruity in a judged dimension would produce more mirth than an incongruity in an unjudged dimension. Two experiments, each employing 64 undergraduates of both sexes and psychophysical tasks, created an incongruity in a height or weight dimension which Ss were judging or were not judging. The incongruity was created by presenting a stimulus much heavier or taller than ones previously judged. The results showed that more mirth as indicated by facial expressions occurred to the incongruous stimulus in the judged dimension than in the unjudged dimension
Audiology · Cognitive psychology · Dimension (graph theory · Pure mathematics · Stimulus (psychology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1986 - 1986 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |