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ERIC Number: EJ093370
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Development of the Appreciation of Verbal Jokes
Shultz, Thomas R.; Horibe, Francis
Developmental Psychology, 10, 1, 13-20, Jan 74
A study of the development of 6- to 12-year-old children's appreciation of verbal jokes was conducted within the framework of the incongruity and resolution theory of humor. Results revealed age differences indicating that older children appreciated both structural components while younger children appreciated the incongruity structure. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Humor, Intellectual Development, Linguistics
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