Effect of alcoholic intoxication on the appreciation of different types of humor
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10154299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James B Weaver (corresponding author), Jonathan L Masland, Shahin Kharazmi, Dolf Zillmann |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 781-787 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.49.3.781 |
| PMID | 4045704 |
| OpenAlex | W2013575935, W4245182907 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Male subjects were placed into one of three intoxication conditions (no ethanol, low dose, high dose) and were exposed to humorous segments from television programs. During manifest intoxication or the corresponding period in the no-intoxication control condition, they were exposed, in a balanced order, to a segment containing blunt (i.e., unsophisticated, raw) humor and to a segment containing subtle (i.e., sophisticated, refined) humor. Subjects' facial reactions to the humorous stimuli were unobtrusively recorded and later analyzed by judges who were naive about the experimental conditions. Subjects also rated the funniness of the segments. The perceived funniness of blunt humor was found to increase with ethanol intoxication. For subtle humor, in contrast, perceived funniness was found to decrease with intoxication. This divergent interaction of reported humor appreciation was less apparent in the analysis of facial expressiveness. Although correlations between ratings and aspects of facial expression were generally positive, clearly corroborative support for the humor appraisals was found only in the frequency of smiles in response to subtle humor.
Alcohol intoxication · Alcoholic intoxication · Audiology · Developmental psychology · Facial expression · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Poison control · Clinical Psychology · Communication · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Humor Studies and Applications · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2018 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |