Humor in Infants Developmental and Psychological Perspectives /

• Main Authors: Mireault, Gina C. (Author), Reddy, Vasudevi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Pediatrics.; Developmental psychology.; Developmental Psychology.

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 tr...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: An Overview of Humor
• Chapter 2: The Development of Humor
• Chapter 3: Playfulness
• Chapter 4: Humor as a Social-Emotional Phenomenon
• Chapter 5: When Humor Goes Missing
• Chapter 6: Humor and Culture.