Humour Styles and Critical Thinking Dispositions in Adolescents

Abstract

Humour and critical thinking are two concepts that fosters and generates each other; therefore they cannot be thought separately from each other. These two concepts together are the most significant and effective skills that can be used in evaluating the cognitive development. From this point of view, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between the humour styles and critical thinking dispositions of adolescents. This was a descriptive study in correlational screening model. 'Humour Styles Questionnaire' and 'UF/EMI Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory' were used in the study. The sample group was selected by using random sampling method and the study was conducted with 112 adolescents, who were studying in high schools located in the city centre of Kırklareli and were voluntary to participate. For the purpose of finding out the relationship between the humour styles and the critical thinking dispositions of the adolescents, correlation coefficient significance test was carried out. As a result of the study, it was observed that there were significant relationships between humour styles and critical thinking dispositions of the adolescents.

The effect of critical thinking education on the critical thinking skills and the critical thinking dispositions of preservice teachers

“…In this framework, there is a strong and meaningful relationship between possessing critical thinking skill and the tendency to use the critical thinking skill (Facione, 2000). However, it should be kept in mind that critical thinking disposition is not the same as the critical thinking skill, but is rather complementary to the critical thinking skill (Cesur and Yaralı, 2019). In their study, McGrath (2003), Shin et al (2006) and Yang and Chou (2008) found a positive relationship between critical thinking skills and the critical thinking dispositions.…”