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Humor in Infants
Reddy, Vasudevi; Mireault, Gina C.
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Description for Humor in Infants
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology. Num Pages: 73 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JMC; MJW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 134.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
73
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Psychology
Number of Pages
62
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319389615
SKU
V9783319389615
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About Reddy, Vasudevi; Mireault, Gina C.
Gina Mireault, Ph.D., is a Developmental Psychologist and Professor in the Behavioral Sciences Department at Johnson State College. She studies the perception and creation of humor in infants from 3 months to 12 months of age, addressing the question: How do babies figure out what is funny? She is interested in the serious implications of humor research for understanding ... Read more
Reviews for Humor in Infants
“Gina Mireault and Vasudevei Reddy, authors of Humor in Infants: Developmental and Psychological Perspectives, have written a short book totaling only 62 pages that examines numerous aspects of cognitive and emotional development in the first year of life as they might relate to the development of humor. … offers the interested reader a nice little summary of the thinking as ... Read more