Wit and Humor as Topic - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Harry, Paul and the Filipino maid: racial and sexual abuse in local contexts.

29 Jun 2009 Estacio argues for critical health psychology to take action to address three issues raised (unintentionally) in the 'Harry and Paul' sketch broadcast on British television. It is suggested that, although attempting humour, the sketch offensively ... Read more...

Questioning 'black humour': racial exploitation, media and health.

29 Jun 2009 This commentary explores the relevance of media racism to health psychology. While supporting Dr Estacio's call for health psychologists to get involved in promoting social justice via the media, we propose that health psychologists should not ... Read more...

Human exploitation is not a joke--so don't laugh!

29 Jun 2009 In a previous article, I called for an open discussion and debate on health psychology perspectives on social and political issues relevant to health, in particular the issue concerning racism and the media (Estacio, 2009). In this article, I raise ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Wit and Humor as Topic - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Harry, Paul and the Filipino maid: racial and sexual abuse in local contexts. 29 Jun 2009
• Questioning 'black humour': racial exploitation, media and health. 29 Jun 2009
• Human exploitation is not a joke--so don't laugh! 29 Jun 2009
• Send in the clowns. 30 May 2009
• An evolutionary perspective on humor: sexual selection or interest indication? 28 Apr 2009
• 'Having a laugh': masculinities, health and humour. 27 Feb 2009
• Humorous communication within the lives of older adults: the relationships among humor, coping efficacy, age, and life satisfaction. 27 Feb 2009
• Take time for laughter. 30 Dec 2008
• Interventional strategies to decrease nursing student anxiety in the clinical learning environment. 30 Dec 2008
• [Apprentice in a ballerina-long coat] 13 Dec 2008
• [By the patient's side] 13 Dec 2008
• [Surprise me!--humour as a biological phenomenon II] 13 Dec 2008
• [The comfort of a pleasant discomfort. Humour as a biological phenomenon I] 13 Dec 2008
• [Clown without borders--clown in Tanzania and Russia] 13 Dec 2008
• [Is it possible to measure the effect of hospital clowns?] 13 Dec 2008
• Oncology nurses' responses to patient-initiated humor. 30 Oct 2008
• The role of coping humor in the physical and mental health of older adults. 30 Oct 2008
• Physiological responses to violence reported in the news. 29 Sep 2008
• Clowning around sets patients at ease. 10 Aug 2008
• GraPHIA: a computational model for identifying phonological jokes. 8 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Wit and Humor as Topic'

Definition: The faculty of expressing the amusing, clever, or comical or the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Descriptor UI: D014925

Alternative terms: Wit and Humor as Topic; Wit; Humor as Topic;

Related Mesh Headings: Caricatures as Topic; Cartoons as Topic; Laughter; Laughter Therapy;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; psychology;

Tree Number: K01.517.946;

History Note: 2008(1963)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with the Publication Type HUMOR