Humor In Infants

Author : Gina C. Mireault
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319389637
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Humor in Infants written by Gina C. Mireault and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores in depth how infants—perhaps as young as three months—develop the capacity to appreciate, participate in, and create humor. Engagingly written, it synthesizes theories of humor, its subtle complexities, and why it exists despite seeming to have little survival value. Chapters trace the developing skills in the child’s interactions with parents and others, the roles of verbal and nonverbal behaviors in humor, and related phenomena including absurdity, funniness, laughter, teasing, and play. These diverse perspectives offer rich insights into how the human mind learns from its environment, why humor is funny, and what humor can tell us about being human. This singular text: Reviews theories and findings on humor and its critical role in social behavior. Analyzes the challenges of researching humor in infants and young children. Differentiates among concepts and contexts of humor and playfulness. Situates humor as a social-emotional as well as cognitive experience. Details current research on humor in atypically developing children. Examines the role of culture in humor. Humor in Infants is an essential resource for researchers, clinicians, and graduate students in developmental psychology, infant mental health, social psychology, cognitive science, and pediatrics.

Author : Jack Moore
Publisher : Workman Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780761107361
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 97 Ways to Make a Baby Laugh written by Jack Moore and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides sight gags, skits, parlor tricks, and practical jokes designed to make an infant laugh

Author : Eleni Loizou
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030152022
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research on Young Children’s Humor written by Eleni Loizou and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a wide spectrum of research on young children’s humor and illuminates the depth and complexity of humor development in children from birth through age 8 and beyond. It highlights the work of pioneers in young children’s humor research including Paul McGhee, Doris Bergen, and Vasu Reddy. Presenting a variety of new perspectives, the book examines such issues as play, humor, laughing and pleasure within the context of learning and development. It looks at humor, wordplay and cartoons that can be used as educational tools in the classroom. Finally, it provides explorations of humor within a cultural and spiritual context. The book presents diverse and creative methods to study humor and provides practical implications for adults working with children. The book offers a powerful springboard for moving research and practice toward a deeper understanding of young children’s humor as an integral and meaningful component of early development and learning.

Author : Louis R. Franzini
Publisher : Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0757050085
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kids Who Laugh written by Louis R. Franzini and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While some children are born with an innate sense of humor, for most kids, humor is a learned behavior. Kids Who Laugh is the first book to examine the psychology of humor in children and explore the many benefits that this characteristic has to offer, including self-confidence, coping skills, creativity, self-control, and more. Most important, it offers the actual tools that parents can use to give their child the gift of laughter.

Author : Paul E. McGhee
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children's Humour written by Paul E. McGhee and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1980 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wallace Chafe
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027292973
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Importance of Not Being Earnest written by Wallace Chafe and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thesis of this book is that neither laughter nor humor can be understood apart from the feeling that underlies them. This feeling is a mental state in which people exclude some situation from their knowledge of how the world really is, thereby inhibiting seriousness where seriousness would be counterproductive. Laughter is viewed as an expression of this feeling, and humor as a set of devices designed to trigger it because it is so pleasant and distracting. Beginning with phonetic analyses of laughter, the book examines ways in which the feeling behind the laughter is elicited by both humorous and nonhumorous situations. It discusses properties of this feeling that justify its inclusion in the repertoire of human emotions. Against this background it illustrates the creation of humor in several folklore genres and across several cultures. Finally, it reconciles this understanding with various already familiar ways of explaining humor and laughter.

Author : Elizabeth Rusch
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 1328694445
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ready, Set. . . Baby! written by Elizabeth Rusch and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What kids can expect when they’re expecting siblings—full of solid information, kid-friendly humor, and even tips for parents. In a fresh picture book/comic style, Ready, Set…Baby offers up a funny, loving, reassuring peek into life as a big brother or sister. Anna and Oliver, big siblings extraordinaire, are here to tell you what to expect when your family is expecting—and what life will really be like once a new baby arrives. The dynamic duo covers everything from naptime to stinky diapers and from holding the baby to deciphering your baby’s body language. They even offer up helpful ideas for parents on how to make life as a big brother or sister as filled with fun—and love—as it can be! So get ready…get set…it’s time to welcome a new baby!

Author : Shaun Gallagher
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101599693
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimenting with Babies written by Shaun Gallagher and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Babies can be a joy—and hard work. Now, they can also be a 50-in-1 science project kit! This fascinating and hands-on guide shows you how to re-create landmark scientific studies on cognitive, motor, language, and behavioral development—using your own bundle of joy as the research subject. Simple, engaging, and fun for both baby and parent, each project sheds light on how your baby is acquiring new skills—everything from recognizing faces, voices, and shapes to understanding new words, learning to walk, and even distinguishing between right and wrong. Whether your little research subject is a newborn, a few months old, or a toddler, these simple, surprising projects will help you see the world through your baby’s eyes—and discover ways to strengthen newly acquired skills during your everyday interactions.

Author : Paul E. McGhee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780787296391
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding and Promoting the Development of Children's Humor written by Paul E. McGhee and published by . This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rod A. Martin
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128135093
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Humor written by Rod A. Martin and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-07-14 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us laugh at something funny multiple times during a typical day. Humor serves multiple purposes, and although there is a sizable and expanding research literature on the subject, the research is spread in a variety of disciplines. The Psychology of Humor, 2e reviews the literature, integrating research from across subdisciplines in psychology, as well as related fields such as anthropology, biology, computer science, linguistics, sociology, and more. This book begins by defining humor and presenting theories of humor. Later chapters cover cognitive processes involved in humor and the effects of humor on cognition. Individual differences in personality and humor are identified as well as the physiology of humor, the social functions of humor, and how humor develops and changes over the lifespan. This book concludes noting the association of humor with physical and mental health, and outlines applications of humor use in psychotherapy, education, and the workplace. In addition to being fully updated with recent research, the second edition includes a variety of new materials. More graphs, tables, and figures now illustrate concepts, processes, and theories. It provides new brief interviews with prominent humor scholars via text boxes. The end of each chapter now includes a list of key concepts, critical thinking questions, and a list of resources for further reading. Covers research on humor and laughter in every area of psychology Integrates research findings into a coherent conceptual framework Includes brain imaging studies, evolutionary models, and animal research Integrates related information from sociology, linguistics, neuroscience, and anthropology Explores applications of humor in psychotherapy, education, and the workplace Provides new research, plus key concepts and chapter summaries