Gender differences in humor
Gender differences in the production and appreciation of humor
There are a lot of researches and studies on gender differences in psychology field. Gender differences in various distributions have been examine by numerous of studies. For example, men have higher scores on spatial ability than women while women are better at communication than man (Aillaud & Piolat, 2012). The gender differences in the production and appreciation of humor have also been discussed and examined widely and there is a great amount of evidence for gender differences in the production and perception of humor (Aillaud & Piolat, 2012). For example, women preferred more neutral and absurd jokes, while men preferred more aggressive, more sexual jokes (Nevo, Nevo, & Yin; 2001).
To begin with, Men are more likely to be considered as the producer of humor, while women are expected to be appreciator. Consistent result that men score higher on humor creation, whereas women score higher on humor appreciation were found by various studies (Nevo, Nevo, & Yin; 2001). A study was conducted by Mickes, Walker, Parris, Mankoff and Christenfeld (2012) to examine whether men are actually funnier than women. During the study, 32 participants, half from each gender, were asked to write captions for 20 cartoons. As a result, the raters of both genders found that the captions written by men are funnier. What is more, the result of the study conducted by Robinson and Lovin (2001) showed that in the group discussion, men tell more jokes than women and men engage in successful humor at higher rate than women, but women laugh and appreciate jokes more than men do in the group conversations. Another study that had been conducted by Kohn, Kellermann, Gur, Schneider and Habel (2011) to examine the gender differences in the brain functions in
There are a lot of researches and studies on gender differences in psychology field. Gender differences in various distributions have been examine by numerous of studies. For example, men have higher scores on spatial ability than women while women are better at communication than man (Aillaud & Piolat, 2012). The gender differences in the production and appreciation of humor have also been discussed and examined widely and there is a great amount of evidence for gender differences in the production and perception of humor (Aillaud & Piolat, 2012). For example, women preferred more neutral and absurd jokes, while men preferred more aggressive, more sexual jokes (Nevo, Nevo, & Yin; 2001).
To begin with, Men are more likely to be considered as the producer of humor, while women are expected to be appreciator. Consistent result that men score higher on humor creation, whereas women score higher on humor appreciation were found by various studies (Nevo, Nevo, & Yin; 2001). A study was conducted by Mickes, Walker, Parris, Mankoff and Christenfeld (2012) to examine whether men are actually funnier than women. During the study, 32 participants, half from each gender, were asked to write captions for 20 cartoons. As a result, the raters of both genders found that the captions written by men are funnier. What is more, the result of the study conducted by Robinson and Lovin (2001) showed that in the group discussion, men tell more jokes than women and men engage in successful humor at higher rate than women, but women laugh and appreciate jokes more than men do in the group conversations. Another study that had been conducted by Kohn, Kellermann, Gur, Schneider and Habel (2011) to examine the gender differences in the brain functions in