Abstract
This chapter traces the history of Paul McGhee’s theoretical views, research methods, and body of writing focused on children’s humor development. It describes the state of such research before he became involved, the decision-making process that led him to focus on this area of knowledge, his initial research paradigms and later research methodology, his extensive writings on humor development, and the theoretical ideas about children’s humor development that he proposed, drawing on Piagetian theory. It also briefly discusses his later work in broader fields of humor development. The chapter briefly describes the ways that the body of knowledge he provided and his emphasis on the importance of early humor development have been influential for many subsequent humor development researchers, including that of the author. It also recognizes the playfulness that Paul McGhee has brought to both his scholarly and advocacy work, which provides a model for future researchers in the field of children’s humor development.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Introduction: Festschrift for Paul McGhee – Humor Across the Lifespan, Theory, Measurement, and Applications
- Paul McGhee and humor research
- Comments on the special issue
- Humor as a developmental phenomenon: the contributions of Paul McGhee
- Brief article of gratitude to Paul McGhee
- Psychometric evaluation of the revised Sense of Humor Scale and the construction of a parallel form
- Playfulness and humor in psychology: An overview and update
- Putting “Laughing at Yourself” to the Test
- Training the sense of humor with the 7 Humor Habits Program and satisfaction with life
- Humor and well-being: A little less is quite enough
- How one mad scientist grasped the profound potential of humor and changed the face of nursing
- The neurology and psychiatry of humor, smiling and laughter: A tribute to Paul McGhee. Part I. Introduction and clinical studies
- The neurology and psychiatry of humor, smiling, and laughter: a tribute to Paul McGhee Part II. neurological studies and brain imaging
- Some Reflections
- Chimpanzee and gorilla humor: progressive emergence from origins in the wild to captivity to sign language learning
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Introduction: Festschrift for Paul McGhee – Humor Across the Lifespan, Theory, Measurement, and Applications
- Paul McGhee and humor research
- Comments on the special issue
- Humor as a developmental phenomenon: the contributions of Paul McGhee
- Brief article of gratitude to Paul McGhee
- Psychometric evaluation of the revised Sense of Humor Scale and the construction of a parallel form
- Playfulness and humor in psychology: An overview and update
- Putting “Laughing at Yourself” to the Test
- Training the sense of humor with the 7 Humor Habits Program and satisfaction with life
- Humor and well-being: A little less is quite enough
- How one mad scientist grasped the profound potential of humor and changed the face of nursing
- The neurology and psychiatry of humor, smiling and laughter: A tribute to Paul McGhee. Part I. Introduction and clinical studies
- The neurology and psychiatry of humor, smiling, and laughter: a tribute to Paul McGhee Part II. neurological studies and brain imaging
- Some Reflections
- Chimpanzee and gorilla humor: progressive emergence from origins in the wild to captivity to sign language learning