Incongruity as a universal component of humor appreciation: Some Hong Kong data

Incongruity as a universal component of humor appreciation: Some Hong Kong data

• Chik, Maria P. Y. Dept. of Education Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
• Molloy, Geoffrey N. Institute of Human Development and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University
• Leung, Benjamin C. S. Institute of Human Development and Counselling, Faculty of Education, Monash University

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 5, 40-54, 2005

Emergency Management Australia

2005

• L Educational Measurement & Evaluation
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AE Socioeconomic & Cultural Differences, Class & Family Background

Humor Foreign Countries Grade 3 Grade 6 Pictorial Stimuli Age Differences Cultural Differences Measures (Individuals) Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

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The development of a humor measure was described in a brief report in this journal. In that report, a series of suitable congruous and incongruous pictures were developed with a community sample of children. The findings of that study were consistent with those reported by others (Chik, 2001; Masten, 1989; Schultz, 1972), indicating that incongruity is an essential component of humor appreciation. With a larger (n = 140) and more representative sample, we embarked on a follow-up validation study. The findings of the present study provide further support for the universality of the incongruity as an essential component of humor appreciation across age and cultures.
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