Male Production of Humor Produced by Sexually Selected Psychological Adaptations

Greengross, Gil

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-0314-6_9

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“…Other post-hoc investigations additionally revealed that for women only, they were more likely to make in-person contact with an expartner that they rated as having a good sense of humor. These results support past research suggesting that a sense of humor in their partner has often been considered more desirable by women than by men (Bressler and Balshine 2006;De Backer et al 2008;Greengross 2014). The sexual dimorphism in the value of humor as a mate preference fits with parental investment theory.…”

Section: Ex-partner Characteristics: the Value Of Humorsupporting

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An Evolutionary Explanation for Sex Differences in Nonmarital Breakup Experiences

DeLecce

Weisfeld

2015

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

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Previous research has extensively studied sex differences in mating strategies such as mate preferences and degree of choosiness and how these affect relationship initiation. Very little research, however, has examined these sex differences and how they may play a role in nonmarital relationship dissolution. The existing literature that does examine nonmarital breakups tends to do so from a clinical perspective and neglects the evolutionary approach. The current study uses self-report data gathered from 392 participants through Mechanical Turk to expand upon the sparse existing literature on nonmarital relationship dissolution from an evolutionary perspective to investigate how sex differences in mating strategies affect breakup processes such as the coping period, emotions experienced, and post-breakup behaviors. Results revealed that women require a longer time period to get over an ex-partner with a good sense of humor and are more likely to make in-person contact with such an ex-partner. For postbreakup emotions, women were significantly more likely to report feeling happy which likely is a reflection of the finding that they were more likely to initiate breakups. Men, on the other hand, were more likely to report feeling sexually frustrated following relationship dissolution. Post-breakup behaviors were predicted by breakup initiator rather than participant gender. Overall, these findings support sexual dimorphism in the value of humor and greater female choosiness even after initial mate selection.

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An Evolutionary Explanation for Sex Differences in Nonmarital Breakup Experiences

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Weisfeld

2015

Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

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“…There is an ongoing debate about whether men and women differ in their cognitive abilities, how big the differences are, and how to explain them, if they exist (Halpern, 2011;Halpern et al, 2007;Hyde, 2005Hyde, , 2014Lindberg, Hyde, Petersen, & Linn, 2010;Lippa, Collaer, & Peters, 2010;Spelke, 2005;Voyer, Postma, Brake, & Imperato-McGinley, 2007;Voyer, Voyer, & Bryden, 1995;Voyer, Voyer, & Saint-Aubin, 2017;Zell, Krizan, & Teeter, 2015). Humor production ability (HPA)-a cognitive trait defined as the ability to produce funny remarks, create funny ideas, and make others laugh-is one such domain (Greengross, 2014;Greengross & Miller, 2011;Hooper, Sharpe, & Roberts, 2016;Lampert & Ervin-Tripp, 1998;Martin, 2014). Social stereotypes about sex differences in humor-particularly the stereotype that "women are not funny"-are culturally pervasive (Hitchens, 2007;Shlesinger, 2017).…”

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Sex differences in humor production ability: A meta-analysis

Greengross

Silvia

Nusbaum

2020

Journal of Research in Personality

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We offer the first systematic quantitative meta-analysis on sex differences in humor production ability. We included studies where participants created humor output that was assessed for funniness by independent raters. Our meta-analysis includes 36 effect sizes from 28 studies published between 1976 and 2018 (N = 5057, 67% women). Twenty of the 36 effect sizes, accounting for 61% of the participants, were not previously published.Results based on random-effects model revealed that men's humor output was rated as funnier than women's, with a combined effect size d = 0.321. Results were robust across various moderators and study characteristics, and multiple tests indicated that publication bias is unlikely. Both evolutionary and cultural explanations were considered and discussed.

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“…In light of the large sample size, we would conclude that there's a lack of evidence for personality and gender differences in humor discernment, at least for the personality traits assessed in these studies. This finding may speak to the distinctiveness of humor production ability from humor appreciation, which plays different roles in social interaction and interpersonal attraction (Greengross, 2014;Greengross et al, 2020). It may also reflect limits in the method.…”

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If you’re funny and you know it: Personality, gender, and people’s ratings of their attempts at humor

Silvia

Greengross

Cotter

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Journal of Research in Personality

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In seven studies (n = 1,133), adults tried to create funny ideas and then rated the funniness of their responses, which were also independently rated by judges. In contrast to the common "funnier than average" effect found for global self-ratings, people were relatively modest and self-critical about their specific ideas. Extraversion (r = .12 [.07, .18], k =7) and openness to experience (r = .09 [.03, .15], k = 7) predicted rating one's responses as funnier; women rated their responses as less funny (d = -.28 [-.37, -.19], k = 7). The within-person correlation between self and judge ratings was small but significant (r = .13 [.07, .19], k = 7), so people had some insight into their ideas' funniness.

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Male Production of Humor Produced by Sexually Selected Psychological Adaptations

Cited by 32 publications

References 99 publications

An Evolutionary Explanation for Sex Differences in Nonmarital Breakup Experiences

An Evolutionary Explanation for Sex Differences in Nonmarital Breakup Experiences

Sex differences in humor production ability: A meta-analysis

If you’re funny and you know it: Personality, gender, and people’s ratings of their attempts at humor

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