Competence Theory and the Appreciation of Novel and Familiar Humor
Description:
According to Suls' (1972) incongruity model for the appreciation of jokes, humor with which recipients are familiar should not be perceived as funny because the ending is predictable. Suls (1975) later proposed that familiar humor is appreciated because of the sense of competence derived from adequately remembering the joke. This study examined Suls' theories by having subjects rate jokes on two occasions and supply their punch lines on the second occasion. Statistical significance was determin…
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Date:
August 1979
Creator:
Chambers, John Thomas
Partner:
UNT Libraries