Humor - AllPsych http://blog.allpsych.com/tag/humor/ The Virtual Psychology Classroom Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:59:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://allpsych.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-AllPsych-Favicon-32x32.png Humor - AllPsych http://blog.allpsych.com/tag/humor/ 32 32 The Demographics of Humor https://allpsych.com/the-demographics-of-humor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-demographics-of-humor Thu, 19 Mar 2020 05:29:44 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=2496 Humor is a funny thing. Different people use it in different ways. I’ve touched on this topic in some previous blog posts. People with high self-esteem, for example, tend to use humor to build relationships with others. Undertakers, on the other hand, tend not to use it much at all. Now, a new study from…

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]]> A Psychological Profile of the “Class Clown” https://allpsych.com/a-psychological-profile-of-the-class-clown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-psychological-profile-of-the-class-clown https://allpsych.com/a-psychological-profile-of-the-class-clown/#comments Wed, 15 May 2019 01:07:42 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=2063 When you were in middle school, you could probably name without having to think who the “class clown” was. If you’re a middle school teacher, bless your heart, you can probably do the same. It’s not hard to know who the class clown is, since they’re generally happy to draw attention to themselves. But figuring…

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]]> https://allpsych.com/a-psychological-profile-of-the-class-clown/feed/ 1 When Something Bad Happens, Tell a Joke? https://allpsych.com/when-something-bad-happens-tell-a-joke/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-something-bad-happens-tell-a-joke Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:03:15 +0000 https://allpsych.com/?p=1905 If you use humor as a coping mechanism, you aren’t alone. And even if you are alone, you probably think it’s funny. A new study from researchers in Poland highlights humor’s power to help people shrug off stressful and unpleasant events. In the study, researchers asked 54 participants with remitted depression to view images that…

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