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Effect Of Mood On Humor, Virginia Randall
Effect Of Mood On Humor, Virginia Randall
Senior Honors Theses
Humor is a social tool that has been documented for hundreds of years with a plethora of studies being produced to attempt to piece together a comprehensive definition of the concept. Among these studies, there have been several analyses regarding the psychological, cognitive, psychobiological, and neural effects of humor, and how they are outwardly manifested. Additionally, several social contexts have been considered. In analyses of humor, several theories have been produced, many based off of figurehead concepts within the field of psychology.
Primary interest of this research study was in whether these studies and theories can support whether there is …