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Peer reviewedMcGhee, Paul E. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedPein, Diana; Rothbart, Mary K. – Child Development, 1976
The effect of resolution of incongruity on children's appreciation of cartoon humor was examined. (SB)
Descriptors: Cartoons, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Humor
Peer reviewedShultz, Thomas R. – Child Development, 1974
A study of the development of elementary school children's appreciation of riddles was conducted within the framework of the incongruity and resolution theory of humor. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Humor
Peer reviewedMcGhee, Paul E. – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Humor
Peer reviewedMcGhee, Paul E. – Child Development, 1976
The present studies were designed to test the role of descrepancy between existing cognitive structures and current input and the amount of pleasure derived from successful processing of that input with respect to children's appreciation of humor. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedMcGhee, Paul E. – Child Development, 1971
Level of cognitive development was not significantly related to humor appreciation for either novelty or incongruity humor in 30 boys at each of three age levels: 5, 7, and 9. (WY)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation
