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    Self-monitoring and humor production (1980)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of personality 48 (1980), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1467-6494
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Psychology
    Notes: According to reviews by Goodchilds (1972) and Lieberman (1977) of research on humor, the least studied component of the humorous event is the humorous person. Results of two studies investigating the relation between individual differences in self-monitoring and humor production are reported. In the first study, subjects completed a self-report measure of humorousness, captioned as many cartoons as possible within five minutes, and performed a three-minute monologue. The second study involved a group-discussion task. As predicted, high self-monitors compared to low self-monitors rated themselves as more humorous, generated more humorous cartoon captions, produced more humorous monologues, and were nominated by group participants as having made more witty remarks. The humorousness of the high self-monitors was discussed in terms of control of affective display and mastery of interpersonal skills required to initiate and maintain social interaction.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1980.tb00825.x
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    The comparative relevance and predictive validity of subject generated trait descriptions (1979)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of personality 47 (1979), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1467-6494
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Psychology
    Notes: Based upon the conclusion of Bern and Allen (1974) that any trait term is relevant to only a subset of people, the present study investigated the comparative relevance of common trait terms by comparing the extent to which subjects (N= 180) generated these traits as relevant self-descriptors. Each self-attributed descriptor was assigned to one of the 45 categories of trait terms in the preliminary trait taxonomy developed by Layman and McDonald (Goldberg, 1975, 1976). The proportion of subjects employing terms in each category ranged from .00 (simple-intricate; inarticulate-articulate; men) to .72 (reclusive-gregarious; women). The predictive validity of subjects' self-descriptions was shown for one of these trait categories (dominance). Subjects (N= 62) were grouped according to whether they described themselves as dominant (N= 19), reserved (N= 20), or did not employ a term in the dominance category in their self-description (N= 23). The dominance behavior of subjects was rated in a “typical” group situation (no instructions given) and a “maximal” group situation (subjects told to be as dominant as possible). Significant group (p 〈 .001) and situation effects (p 〈 .001) resulted. The mean rating of the dominant group was significantly larger than that of the reserved group in both the typical and maximal situations. The trait irrelevant group showed situational variability by acting similar to the reserved group in the typical situation and the dominant group in the maximal situation. Results were discussed in terms of the importance of personality researchers being selective in the traits they investigate or the samples employed in these investigations.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.1979.tb00201.x
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