Men's Sense of Humor and Women's Responses to Courtship Solicitations

An Experimental Field Study

Bibliographic Data

ID13665136
AuthorsNicolas Guéguen (0000-0002-8963-1751, Université de Bretagne Sud, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume107
Issue1
Pages145-156
Publication date2010-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/07.17.pr0.107.4.145-156
PMID20923058
OpenAlexW2095759471
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

Producing humor might function as a fitness indicator associated with greater desirability during dating selection. A male confederate in a bar was instructed to tell (or not tell) funny jokes to two other male confederates. A few minutes later, when the second of two male confederates left, the first male confederate asked a female who was near his table and who had heard the funny jokes for her phone number. The previous expression of humor was associated with greater compliance with the male confederate's request and with a higher positive evaluation. The possible effects of humor are discussed from an evolutionary perspective

Courtship · Expression (computer science · Perspective (graphical · Phone · Sense of humor · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Humor Studies and Applications · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology

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