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Peer reviewedBrodzinsky, David M. – Child Development, 1977
This study examined the role of conceptual tempo in 4th graders' comprehension and appreciation of verbal jokes containing various types of linguistic ambiguity. (JMB)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Comprehension, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students
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 reviewedDews, Shelly; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Five- through 9-year olds and adults heard ironic and literal criticisms and literal compliments. Found that comprehension of irony emerged between 5 and 6 years; and ratings of humor in irony increased with age but ratings of meanness in irony did not. (BC)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, 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.; Lloyd, Sally A. – Child Development, 1981
Children approximately three to seven years old were presented with pairs of cartoons and asked to choose the funnier of each pair. Cartoons differed in terms of which of two persons was accidentally victimized by his or her own action or action of the other person (e.g., having paint spilled from a ladder onto one's head). (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Humor, Parent Child Relationship, Sex Differences
Peer reviewedGroch, Alice S. – Child Development, 1974
An assessment of the occurrence of three forms of humor (responsive, productive, and hostile) during the activities of 30 nursery school children. The three humor forms were not significantly correlated. The relation of the ongoing activities and the pattern of humor exhibited, along with the significant sex differences in humor expression are…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Humor, Individual Development, Preschool Children
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
Peer reviewedMasten, Ann S. – Child Development, 1986
Measures humor appreciation (including mirth, subjective ratings, and response sets), comprehension, and production in children between the ages of 10 and 14. Relates humor to several areas of competence manifested at school. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Comedy, Elementary Secondary Education
