Julie,
I was "volunteered" to give a similar talk. Mine was "Why do we laugh at
violence?" You might want to include that topic as a subset, because it is
certainly a component of humor. The bizarre laughing that Milgram saw in
his experiments was one thing, but the outright belly laughs when people see
the "Funniest Videos" scenes when people obviously hurt themselves (skiing
into buildings, falling, etc.) has seemed to me to be a particularly strange
component of humor.
I showed clips from that show as examples. (I detest that show, but then
tend to detest TV anyhow...)
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Portsmouth NH
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From: "Julie Osland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 10:53 AM
Subject: Psychology of Humor, physiology of laughter
Hello fellow TIPS-ters,
I have been volunteered to give a talk on the psychology of humor (about
which I know next to nothing) and also the physiology of laughter (about
which I know nothing) in 2 weeks time, and I need help.
Can any of you direct me toward helpful resources on this subject or share
any material you have used? I am out of my depth here.
Thank you!
Julie Osland
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Wheeling Jesuit University
316 Washington Ave
Wheeling, WV 26003
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