Social Psychology of Humor

Madelijn Strick is Associate Professor of Social Psychology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. She teaches courses on social influence and communication. She has published extensively on the psychology of advertising, focusing (among other subjects) on the impact of humor, being moved, and narrative transportation.Thomas E. Ford is a Professor of Psychology at Western Carolina University, USA. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research. His research interests include the role of disparagement humor in promoting expressions of prejudice and the relationship between humor and subjective well-being.

• List of ContributorsPrefaceMadelijn Strick and Thomas E. FordPart AIndividual Social Psychological Processes 1. How Humor can Promote Central-route Persuasion: The Role of AmbivalenceMadelijn Strick2. Political HumorJody C. Baumgartner3. Paradoxical Thinking as a Paradigm of Attitude Change: Comparison to Satire and the Role of Humor (or Lack Thereof)Boaz HameiriPart BInterpersonal Relationships4. Uniting and Dividing in Personal Interactions: Four Key Functions of Humor in CommunicationJohn Meyer5. Humor and Long-Term Romantic RelationshipsJeffrey Hall6. Humor and Figurative Language: Good for a Laugh, and MoreHerbert L. Colston Part CGroup Processes7. Workplace Humor: The Good, the Bad, and the Non-ExistentBarbara Plester8. Humor Competence in the ClassroomAnn B. Frymier and Melissa B. WanzerPart DIntergroup Relations9. Disparagement Humor and Prejudice: Advances in Theory and ResearchThomas E. Ford and Andrew R. Olah10. Cavalier Humor Beliefs: Dismissing Jokes as "Just Jokes" Facilitates Prejudice and Internalizes Negativity among TargetsGordon Hodson and Elvira Prusaczyk11. Addressing the Challenges of Confronting Disparagement HumorJulie A. Woodzicka and Robyn K. Mallett