An Introduction to the Psychology of Humor provides a comprehensive and accessible
overview of psychologists' research on humor. Drawing on research from a variety of
psychological perspectives, from cognitive and biological to social and developmental, the
book explores factors that affect our detection, comprehension, liking, and use of humor.
Throughout the book, theories and paradigms of humor are explored, with each chapter
dedicated to a distinct field of psychological research. Covering topics including humor …

If a scholarly agenda isn't getting traction, if your taxonomies and big-scale formulations
circulate only in a limited cohort, one recourse is to pump out handbooks, encyclopedias,
and introductions to create an impression that your enterprise is conventional wisdom. From
the “humor research” community (reliably oblivious to the work and interests of the American
Humor Studies Association), examples of this approach include the Encyclopedia of Humor
Studies (2014) promoting the editor's own “General Theory of Verbal Humor” and offering …