For last week's assignment, you had the option to complete an assignment on the positive effects of laughter. However, these positive effects may depend on the type of laughter one engages in. Should you choose to complete this week's assignment for course credit, please do the following:
- Read this article on Psychology Today.
- Summarize what you read.
- Name and describe the 4 types of humor.
- Provide a personal (or from experience with friends, family, etc.) example of each type.
- Do you know which type of humor you typically engage in?
- If you completed last week's post on laughter, try to tie the two articles together (last week's and this one).
In this article it talks about how humor plays a role in life expectancy for people under the age of 70. It is found that certain types of humor work better for certain types of stress. The article talks about how there are benefits to certain types of humor in certain situations.
ReplyDeleteThere are 4 types of humor. The first type of humor is self-defeating humor. Self-defeating humor is when you let yourself be made fun of by other people and you use humor to put yourself down. The second type of humor is affiliative humor. Affiliative humor is when you like to be the one telling the jokes to your friends. You like being the funny one of the group. The third type of humor is aggressive humor. Aggressive humor is when you use humor in an attacking way. This includes teasing people for little mistakes. The forth type of humor is self-enhancing humor. Self-enhancing humor is cheering yourself up when you are stressed. This works when you are depressed.
A personal example of self-defeating humor is when I let my friends make fun of me for having blonde moments. When I have blonde moments I don't mind that people are making fun of me. A personal example of affiliative humor is when I have a day where I come up with all of these jokes out of no where. I have my days where I become super funny. A personal example of aggressive humor is when I will attack my friend for making a mistake that they made in the past even if it was a long time ago. But I will always bring it up just to bug them. A personal example of self-enhancing humor is when I watch funny television shows. I use these shows to reduce my stress and enlighten my mood.
The humor that I typically engage in is aggressive humor.
The article from last week ties into the article for this week because they both examine the idea that laughter can help with anything. No mater how you are feeling, if you can give yourself a good laugh, then it will automatically brighten your day just a little bit more.
People have said that laughter is the best medicine but really that all depends. There are four different types of humor. There is self defeating humor; you let others make fun of you and use humor to put yourself down. For instance if you make a mistake and make a joke about it and others laugh at you and put you down. The second type of humor is affiliative humor. This happens when you are around other people and tell jokes. You are funny and witty when you are with other people. The third kind of humor is aggressive humor. You use humor in an attacking way, maybe by making fun of someone when they make a mistake. If someone says a wrong answer in class you could make joke and the whole class including yourself laughs at that person. The last kind of humor is self-enhancing humor. You use this kind of humor in high stress situations. When you are depressed you use humor to cheer yourself up. Self-effacing type of humor is generally more associated with females whereas men are more likely to use aggressive and self-defeating humor. Men can easily get away with aggressive humor.
ReplyDeleteI usually use aggressive and self-defeating humor. I like to laugh at myself and use my mistakes as jokes to play it off. I also use a great deal of sarcasm and say "jokingly mean things" to people when they do things. Even though this is more typical for guys, I do it a lot.
This article discusses how there are life expectancy benefits to using humor up until the age of 70 when humor no longer plays a role in life expectancy. The article also discusses the four types of humor which include self-defeating, affiliative, aggressive, and self-enhancing humor. According to the authors, which type of humor is beneficial depends on the situation. Finally, the article goes on to discuss how gender plays a role in humor. It discusses which type of humor each gender is likely to participate in and whether or not it works.
ReplyDeleteThe first type of humor is self-defeating humor. This type of humor is when you let people make fun of you or put you done, but are not bothered by it. A personal example of this type of humor was that a few years ago, I was shopping with my mom and we bought cough medicine, which I did not see get rung up, and hot sauce. They asked for my mom’s ID and I was a little confused as to why they would ask for an ID for hot sauce, when really it was for the cold medicine. When I asked my mom about it, she just laughed and walked away and to this day, she still tells the story to people.
The second type of humor is affiliative humor. Affiliative humor is when you joke around with your friends or family. An example of affiliative humor is when my little sister who is nine loves to tell jokes. She can come up with a million jokes in the matter of five seconds, but like most little kids, the jokes really are not that funny, but because of the expression and attitude she puts in the jokes, it is hard not to laugh.
The third type of humor is aggressive humor. Aggressive humor is using someone else as a target for your jokes. Aggressive humor is usually used at inappropriate times. An example of aggressive humor that I am sure all girls have partaken in at least once is making fun of someone else’s outfit. You may not even know the person, but you use them as a target to gain laughter from others.
The final type of humor is self-enhancing humor. Self-enhancing humor is using humor to cheer you up. A personal example of this is using vine or YouTube to find funny videos to make me laugh when I have been having a rough day. I would say this is the type of humor I most partake in.
Both articles focused on the benefits of humor and laughter. While last week’s article was more focused on the positives of laughter and how to bring it into your life; this week’s article described the four types of humor and discussed how they only work in certain situations. While laughter and humor make not always work, it is important to have both in your life at least most of the time.
Using laughter as medicine has always been looked at as a great thing. However, this article questioned that. the article states that there are four types of humor. The article also states that humor can help and increase your life span if under the age of 70. this is because older individuals know how to cope with stress and can already better regulate there emotions. It also said that cheering yourself up using the self-enhansing humor can only benefit you if you are in a truly stressful state. As previously mentioned, there are four types of humor in which we engage in. These are self-defeating, affiliative humor, aggressive humor, and self-enhansing. Self-defa=eating humor is when one allows them self to be a target of a joke. Affiliative humor is when you are happy and able to laugh and joke around friends. Aggressive humor is using humor to make fun of someone. Lastly, self-enhansing humor is humor you use to cheer yourself up. Self-ehansing humor would be using funny youtube videos to cheer you up if you don't do well on a test. Aggressive humor is making fun of someone at there expanse. Affiliative humor is the one i take part most in. My friends and I are always abel to cheer each other up Im always happy around my friends. Lastly, self-deafting humor is allowing people to make jokes about you at your own expanse.
ReplyDeleteThis article describes the importance of laughter and all the positive effects it has on you. It is stated in the article that having a good sense of humor and enjoying laughter can extend your life expectancy. The power of laughter is essential for having good health. Also, laughter works well with peoples coping ability. This article also showed the four types of humor which are self-defeating, affiliative, aggressive, and self-enhancing humor. The first type is being able to make fun of yourself and having people laugh at you. Second, this type deals with having witty humor. The third way deals with attacking people and making humorous joke about their mistakes. Lastly, the fourth type is making people feel good about themselves.
ReplyDeleteSelf defeating example would be me making fun of myself doing something embarrassing; such as if I tripped and fell into mud. Affiliative humor would be me always telling the jokes to keep the situation fun. Aggressive humor is teasing a friend about how bad they did on a test and not letting them forget about it. Self enhancing is when you are sad and you think of something funny to make yourself feel better, like an embarrassing moment. Personally, I do all types of these. I love making people laugh. Last week the articles all discussed basically the same topic about the importance of laughter is ones life.
This article explains a research done in Sand,Diego about how particular types of humor can resolve stress. There are four styles of humor presented.
ReplyDelete1. Self-defeating humor – This humor is when others and yourself laugh about the way you look or do a certain activity. The laughter by others does not affect you in a negative way.
2. Affiliative humor – This is the humor that pertains to you making other people around you laugh. This is a humor where you can show your sense of humor to others.
3. Aggressive humor – This is a humor when you are pocking fun at someone else for their actions. This humor can be funny, but can also hurt other people’s feelings.
4. Self-Enhancing humor – This is the humor that encourages you and makes you feel better.
Out of all of these four humors, Self-Enhancing benefits your well-being if in a high stressful situation. The ability to be about to bounce back from the stressful situation by laughing about the situation in can decrease emotional health. Gender also has an impact on which humor is used. Aggressive humor and Self-defeating humor are usually used by males. Males are able to be jokesters more so than females. The use of humor is very individualized and some styles work well for others.
1. Self-defeating humor – Last week my roommate came into my room to grab something. I was in the midst of sleeping when she came in. I had a conversation with her without me remembering because I was sleep talking. She told me that I wanted to wake up at 4:00AM to eat breakfast. Later we laughed about the conversation with no hard feelings.
2. Affiliative humor –Last blog we had to look up funny videos on Youtube. The videos I found I showed to my friends. I also showed them videos of what other people posted. They found this very entertaining.
3. Aggressive humor – The other day I was at the gym with my friend. We got done with the ellipticals and started walking upstairs. I didn’t mean to say it loud but I told my friend that the girl I worked out beside smelt bad. Turns out she was walking right behind us. I didn’t intentionally mean to hurt her feelings, but once we noticed it was pretty humorous.
4. Self-Enhancing humor- The other day I was in Dakota Dunes and locked my keys in my car. I had a spare, thankfully. I couldn’t get the key out of the holder I had though. I laughed and asked the lady in the car next to me to help me out. She thought it was funny as well.
I find myself usually doing Self-Enhancing humor.
Both of these articles explain how laughter can relieve stress. Stress can harm your physical, emotional, and mental parts of your body. Having the ability to laugh things off can make your life more enjoyable.
I'm glad this course's blog can provide you and your friends entertainment...learning should be fun!
DeleteIn this article, the author questions if laughter is really the best medicine. A study in Norway shows that humor helps life expectancy till age 70, than shows no advantage after that. An age shouldn’t determine whether humor s beneficial or not, the type of coping method is important. Another study shows that certain types of humor work better than other for certain types of stress. The older you are, the better you should be at handling emotional situations and stress. The four types of humor include: self-defeating humor, affiliative humor, aggressive humor, and self-enhancing humor. Each one has different components, but self-enhancing only works under high stressful situations. Aggressive and self-defeating humor work better for men. This does not work for women. Laughter and humor varies from person to person and from each situation. It is a good coping mechanism if it is used correctly. More research is being conducted to determine if gender roles factor into this topic.
ReplyDeleteAffiliative humor is being able to joke with friends and be witty. For example, at swim practice during a hard set, I try to make jokes so everyone laughs. This distracts us from the hard task at hand and makes it more enjoyable.
Self-defeating humor is letting other people make fun of you and put you down, even joking about yourself. For example, when my roommate is having a bad day, I make a lame joke about myself to try and make her laugh. This usually works for some reason. This takes her mind off the negative things and allows her to laugh a little.
Aggressive humor is more teasing even if the situation is not appropriate. For example, my roommate made the “walk of shame” this weekend. I told her she looked pretty despite the day old makeup and clothes from last night. She did not appreciate this, but I thought it was funny.
Self-enhancing humor is the cheer kind that makes everyone feel better even if the situation is stressful. An example of this can be seen from my mother who emails me funny pictures everyday from Pintrest. It always brightens my day and I know she enjoys thinking that she’s funny.
I personally engage in self-defeating humor often. I try to make everyone happy, even if it at my own expense. I can take a joke and laugh at myself. Last week’s blog revealed that laughter had multiple health benefits. I truly believe that humor and laughter can positively impact a person’s life. I always try to joke around and have fun because this is too serious. My mom always tells me not to take life so seriously because no one gets out alive!
I like your affiliative humor example...I do that sometimes when working out with others...sometimes the only thing you can do to get through the pain is laugh.
DeleteThe article is asking if humor is really as good for you as they say. They found that different types of humor work and affect us in different ways. One study showed that humor gave people a higher life expectancy but only if they were under 70. Either way a large part how people cope with stressful situations. The article also talked about how older adults can regulate their emotions better so they can see the good in things better than younger people can. The studies found that each coping method gave different results in how they helped us cope. Out of self-defeating, affiliative, aggressive and self-enhancing humor, self-enhancing had the greatest affect. Men had the best positive effects from it and women had negative effects of it. The study also showed that humor as an effective method of coping only had an effect if the individuals had a high amount of stress in their lives. If the amount of stressors was low the humor had no effect. The results led to the researchers to decide that the hypothesis of gender playing part in the humor stress equation needs more research to support it.
ReplyDeleteSelf-defeating humor: when you let others use you as their jokes and you like the attention from people laughing at you
Affiliative humor: you like to make jokes and have your friends laugh at them.
Aggressive humor: you use humor to put people down and make fun of their mistakes.
Self-enhancing humor: you try to make yourself feel better using humor. You try to find the funny things in bad or stressful situations.
Self-defeating: One time I did something really dumb. I was cooking and turned off the wrong burner and kept wondering why my food was taking so long to cook until my boyfriend pointed out to me that I had turned off my burner I was using instead of the other one. My boyfriend laughed at me, but I laughed to because it was pretty funny.
Affiliative humor: I am always making jokes with my friends or making funny comments
Aggressive humor: I sometimes make fun of my friends when they do something dumb, but it’s not in a mean way and we don’t do it hurt each other.
Self-enhancing humor: I usually make a joke to break the awkwardness of a situation or just to make it a little less tense.
I would say that I use affiliative humor the most. I like making my friends laugh and coming up with funny stuff.
Last week’s article talked about how laughing was good for you mentally and physically. This weeks article talked about how humor could help you live longer. These both tie together, because the bottom line is that humor in your life if good for you. It helps relieve stress which makes you healthier, and gives you a chance to relax and find humor in life.
This article proposes that the positive benefit reaped from humor depends on the method used. The article refutes a study done in Norway that says people over the age of 70 no long reap any advantage to humor. This article states that certain types of humor work better for certain types of stress and gender differences matter also. The article outlined four humor styles including self-defeating humor, affiliative humor, aggressive humor and self-enhancing humor. Self-defeating humor is when you let others make fun of you and you say insults directed towards you that will also make others laugh. Affiliative humor is when you like to laugh around others. These people are usually witty and funny. Aggressive humor is making a joke in an attacking way directed at yourself and others. Finally, self-enhancing humor is laughing about a situation that was stressful. Even thought the last one sounds like the best medicine, it is only helpful if there are true stressors. Men were more likely to engage in aggressive and self-defeating humor to overcome daily hassles. Women were more likely to engage in self-enhancing humor and negative aggressive humor. Overall, humor is a coping mechanism that varies by gender instead of humor style.
ReplyDeleteMy grandpa is definitely the type that uses affiliative humor. To him, everything is a joke. He says the funniest and wittiest things when I am around him. I would say that my sister is a good example of one that uses self-defeating humor. When she says something stupid, she will commonly laugh and blame it on her blonde hair. One of my friends named Whitney fits the example of self-enhancing humor. No matter what goes wrong in her day, she just makes a joke out of it. I can’t think of any example for aggressive humor. The only example I can think of is if one of my friends would say something about how I messed up. They may think it is funny, but I don’t find the same humor. I think I typically engage in self-defeating humor. I do say and do a lot of stupid things. I just find it better if I can laugh at myself. I normally do not get offended by this in any way.
I didn’t complete last week’s blog on laughter.
The article starts by summarizing that laughter is great for your health. Laughter increases your longevity before the age of 70. It should not matter your age. Also the article describes the differences in gender versus humor. It is seen that older people are able to manage their emotions more easily. These people tend to maximize their positive vibes and ignore their negative ones. This is different than what we saw in the social media articles about depression. The article continues to describe the four styles of humor. Self-defeating humor is when you put yourself down to entertain others. Affiliative humor is when you are just funny in general. Aggressive humor is used as an attack method. Self-enhancing humor is using humor to make you feel better. Self-enhancing humor seemed to be the most beneficial in reference to daily hassles. More people respond to humor when it comes from a man. I normally do not put myself down to make other happy but sometimes when friends make mean jokes about me I will agree. I always incorporate affiliative humor into my day, I love to see and make others laugh. I never use aggressive humor unless I see someone else being rude. I always try to use self-enhancing when I am stressed out or upset in a situation. I probably engage in affiliative humor most often. Laughter and humor are two positive health benefactors. Humor causes laughter and laughter has health benefits that decrease chances for heart disease, decrease pain, and increases immunity. So humor decreases stress which is also great for one’s health, but humor causes laughter, so technically humor fantastic health benefits.
ReplyDeleteThe article by Susan Whitbourne begins by questioning if laughter is really the best medicine and if the prescription is really one that fits all. The situation as well as what gender you are can play a role in the type of humor to use. She states that there are four coping styles of humor. They are as follows:
ReplyDelete1. Self-deflating humor: You allow others to poke fun at you and you use humor to put yourself down. Example: At my job this summer, there was a day when nothing seemed to go in my favor. I tripped and fell, the computer froze, had difficult customers, etc. My fellow employees blamed some of the day's problems on me as a result saying I was a bad luck charm. I went along with it and agreed that is was all my fault and I should just go home before I do any more damage.
2. Affiliative humor: You like to laugh and joke with others and you prefer to be the one telling the jokes. Example: In high school my dad would listen to talk radio in the morning and they always had a "kid's jokes" segment. I would try and remember some of the jokes to share with my friends when I got to school.
3. Aggressive humor: You tease people for their mistakes. Example: my family is notorious for this. About four or five summers ago, I spent a week at my uncle's house to help watch his kids. During dinner, I bumped the container of watermelon on the floor. Ever since then I have been referred to as "The Watermelon Spiller" by his family and they usually bring it up at family events.
4. Self-enhancing humor: You use humor to cheer yourself up. Example: When I need a pick me up or need a study break, I look up humorous videos on YouTube.
I probably use self-enhancing humor the most but affiliative humor would be a close second. I usually look up funny videos or jokes and then share them with others to try and brighten their day too.
Compared to the article of last week, this one is more specific in how to utilize behavior in a situation. Last week's article focused on the positive aspects of humor, and this week's article focused on finding and using the best coping style for the situation.
Nice compare and contrast from last week's article.
DeleteThis article introduces a study conducted in Norway that states that humor provides a life expectancy advantage only until you reach the age of 70. A later study performed on an older population found that it doesn’t necessarily have to do with age, but rather the type of coping that is used. The findings of the study showed that there were benefits to certain types of humor depending on the situation at hand. The four humor coping styles are as follows: (1) Self-defeating humor, (2) Affiliated humor, (3) Aggressive humor, and (4) Self-enhancing humor. Self-defeating humor is used when you allow others to make fun of you. My father has taught me over the years to not take things so serious and that life is too short to get offended by what others do or say. You could say that he has “trained” me, if you will, by engaging in self-defeating humor. He enjoys pointing out things about me in a humorous way so if I am ever to face such topics from others I am able to laugh it off and move on. Affiliated humor is when you like to be the witty character who is telling the jokes. I often use this coping style when I am with my family. Since my family tends to hold grudges when there is a confrontation I find it easiest to change everyone’s mood by simply making a joke about the situation. My mother counts on me to lighten the mood and bring everyone back to a friendly atmosphere. Aggressive humor is when you use humor in an attacking way, such as teasing. I find this type of humor to be similar to the self-defeating humor described above; however, this type seems to make light of the situation as if it is all in good fun. I’m sure everyone has been a part of this humor at some point throughout their life. Being raised as I have, I tend to joke around with people when they say or do something out of the ordinary. I get along well with people that act similarly and aren’t afraid to speak up. Depending on the day or the situation it seems that we have one or two “victims.” There are several things that I have said that I get teased about even to this day. The last type of humor discussed in this article is self-enhancing humor. Even though self-enhancing humor is only effective in highly stressful situations it seems to be the most common. You would make use of this type to cheer yourself up and brighten your mood. People who can make light of situations seem to have better emotional well-being. I would say that I participate in self-enhancing humor on a daily basis.
ReplyDeleteBased on this study it seemed that gender played a more significant role to how you handle stress with humor than does age. For men, both aggressive and self-defeating humor are common because they work well for them. This is not the case for women because they don’t handle insults as well. Further research needs to be conducted to better understand the impact humor has on males and females. It is important to understand that humor can be effective as long as you evaluate your situation and take gender roles into account.
"Further research needs to be conducted to better understand the impact humor has on males and females. It is important to understand that humor can be effective as long as you evaluate your situation and take gender roles into account."
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This article describes how certain types of laughter can have a beneficial effect, especially during stressful situations. Interestingly, gender does influence whether certain types of laughter will be beneficial. The article details four different types of laughter. The first is self-defeating humor. This type of humor is when an individual is made fun of. An example of this would be when a friend makes fun of themselves for not being good at soccer. They detail their mistake, and we all laugh. In actuality, they are just putting themselves down, and this is not a type of humor that is beneficial. The second type of humor is affiliative humor which is defined as laughing and joking around with your friends. An example of this would be joking around with friends about dating a celebrity or current crushes. The third type, aggressive humor is humor used in an attacking manner. For example, making fun of another individual for the clothes they are wearing. This is not helpful for women, but some of the research suggests it can be adaptive for men. The final type of humor, self-enhancing humor is using humor during stressful situations to improve mood. Individuals can see the humor even in a stressful situation. My friends and I often use this humor when we are studying for exams. Sometimes, a simple phrase is humorous and we laugh to relieve some tension. I generally engage in self-enhancing humor, although there are times I participate in aggressive humor. After reading this article, I am going to try to limit aggressive humor and try to focus on self-enhancing humor.
ReplyDeleteThe article talked about whether or not humor really reduces stress and lengthens lifespan. While certain types of humor can alleviate stress, how much stress they relieve is different in men and women. Some humor types actually stress women out more. Sarcasm, for example, is helpful to men while detrimental to women in the attempt to lighten a load of stress. This connected to me personally because I have a very sarcastic sense of humor. I disagree with the generalization that it makes women more stressed out. I have never noticed an increase or decrease of stress due to my humor type. But then again, I don’t really use my humor to alleviate stress. I think sarcastic personalities are more accepted in men than in women though because I have experienced it for myself. Women are expected to be sweet and caring and having a sarcastic sense of humor doesn’t really fit into that well. When a man uses sarcasm everyone laughs. When women use it, it’s seen as a negative attitude and no one wants to see that in women. This is an example of a gender stereotype that unfortunately still exists.
ReplyDeleteThe four types of humor are self-defeating, affiliative, aggressive, and self-enhancing.
When I think of someone with a self-defeating sense of humor, I think of an old high school friend’s brother. If he ever messed up on anything, he always blamed himself, but never in a self-pitying way. He would have you in a fit of laughter as he exaggerated his mistakes. He never seemed to take himself seriously. He was always able to laugh about himself and have others join him in it as well.
I know quite a few people with an affiliative sense of humor. One of my best friends is really outgoing and displays this type of humor. He can make a joke out of anything and is generally calm and easygoing about it. His jokes are always playful and never offensive. He loves to be the center of attention when he’s making people laugh.
I definitely have an aggressive sense of humor, which I don’t think is very common in women. I’m very sarcastic and make harsher jokes with my friends and family who can throw harder ones back. I love sarcasm and think that it’s actually one of my strong points. My sarcasm is very creative and it helps me with my creative writing skills. I think it also helps me deal with people who are more aggressive better than people who don’t relate to aggression as well.
My dad is the perfect example of someone with self-enhancing humor. He uses this to his advantage when telling stories at big family dinners. He also sees the light in everything, even when there are problems in the family. He always finds a way to use humor to make everyone, including himself, feel at least a little bit better about the situation and in turn helps us deal with drama that way.
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In this article, it talks about how humor can make one feel better and help them through tough situations. It also stated that it can better one’s life expectancy before the age of 70. There are different types of humor and males usually use the tactic of making fun of themselves or others when they are in troubled situations. When women use this form of humor in stressful instances, it actually makes them feel worse. Women putting themselves or others down in more frowned upon then when men do it. The social norm is that men can get away with insulting and criticizing humor more than women can. Men are known to be more sarcastic and to help in troubling times women should stay away from using sarcasm.
ReplyDeleteThe four types of humor are: self-defeating humor, affiliative humor, aggressive humor, and self-enhancing humor. Self-defeating humor is when you let others make fun of you and crack jokes about you. You enjoy others picking at your faults and making it into something humorous. Affiliative humor is when you are the one telling the jokes. You thrive off of someone laughing at what you have to say and when you’re with a person, that’s when you become super witty and funny. Aggressive humor is when you take humor in an attacking way. When someone does something wrong and makes a mistake, you jump on it and try to turn it into something funny. Even when the timing isn’t appropriate you can’t help but turn faults into a joke. Last but not least, self-enhancing humor is humor that is used to make you feel better about yourself and it is most common. You can look for the humor in rough situations and try to make the best out of it. It is a good type of humor to have to cheer you up.
An example of self-defeating humor is when I was first learning to drive, I missed the exit for Sioux Falls and ended up in Minnesota. My dad always, to this day, makes jokes about it and how I don't know where I'm going whenever I get in the car or go on a trip. It's been more than 6 years and he still makes fun of it. When I realized I was in Minnesota is when I saw the "Welcome" sign and I started crying because I didn't know what to do. Affiliative humor is when I get with a certain group of guy friends, I feel like I have to prove myself worthy to hang out with them so I constantly make jokes and try to keep them laughing so they'll like me. When I do that I feel more relaxed and have a sense of belonging like I'm "one of the guys". Sometimes when I'm trying to teach someone something new, when they mess up I take a jab at them in a joke. Sometimes I over do it and they feel bad so I have to be careful because I don't want to make people upset. I just try to lighten the mood by attempting at being funny. For self-enhancing humor, I use that the most. I'm a very optimistic person so I always look for the good in things and when I see a situation affecting someone in a negative way I try to cheer them up by making fun of it. Then they feel better and less stressed about the situation.
I typically go for the self-enhancing humor, like I explained a little bit in the previous paragraph. I've been told that I'm good to have around because I can make people feel comfortable and a little happier when they are feeling blue. Humor is probably one of the things I love the most. Everyone can relate to it and it helps reduce stress. Laughing makes everyone feel better, wether you brake up with your boyfriend or got an F on your Spanish test. You can always turn your mood around by laughing it off and trying a different approach when you come to another difficult situation.
This article is about humor and how it can either alleviate or bring about more stress. An interesting point brought up in this article was depending on which gender a person is, depends on which type of humor will you alleviate your stress. A study was done in Norway and they decided that there are 4 main types of humor. They are self-defeating humor, affiliative humor, aggressive humor, and self-enhancing humor. The self-defeating humor means that a person allows others to make fun of them and they also put themselves down in a joking way. Affiliative humor is when a person is enjoying being the “funny one”, telling the jokes and make those around them laugh. Then the aggressive humor, when a person is teasing or attacking with their words to make fun of someone to make others or themselves laugh. Lastly, self-enhancing humor is when a person uses humor to cheer themselves up, this person can see something funny/positive in negative or high stress situations. Of these four humors, males are most likely to respond to aggressive or self-defeating humor when in high stress situations and find these two types of humor work best. This is not true for women, when women use either of those humors, most often than not, it causes the situation to become worse. For females, the self-enhancing type of humor is the most positive when trying to overcome high stress situations. I personally feel like I engage in self-enhancing or affiliative humor when I am stressed. I enjoy being the one telling the jokes and getting people to laugh.
ReplyDeleteThe article discussed the four types of humor including the following: self-defeating, affiliative, aggressive, and self-enhancing. Men are more likely to use sarcastic remarks to crack a joke, while women are more likely to use self-enhancing humor. The purpose of laughter is simply to cheer yourself or others up. However, certain types of humor are appropriate for certain age levels and genders. As discussed in last week’s blog, laughter is good for your physical, emotional, and social life; however, in order for it to be actually be good for you, you must know some boundaries or appropriateness. For example, if women were more sarcastic like men, women would be viewed as being harsh and mean.
ReplyDeleteSelf-defeating humor is when you make fun of yourself or others make fun of you. I often make jokes about myself and encourage others to laugh along with it. “If I don’t pass this test, my only choice would be to drop out of college and become a stripper.” Since this is very out of character for me, others often laugh about it knowing that it would never happen. Others also make fun of me for being having no filter on some days.
Affiliative humor is when you are the one telling the jokes and making others laugh. Whether I am using another type of humor style or the actual affilaiative humor style, I enjoy being the one to make others laugh or even smile. If someone is having a bad day, I will do just about anything to make them at least crack a smile. “Knock, knock.”
Aggressive humor is a type of humor where you tease or make fun of someone. I only use aggressive humor with people I know well enough or know will use aggressive humor back with me. “If you miss the serve in the volleyball game, I will cut your fingers off.”
Self-enhancing humor is when you find funny things in stressful situations or in things that aren’t meant to be funny. This is the most common type of humor for me. As I have said in previous blogs, I find it very hard to take my problems too seriously. Although I am hard on myself, I always find a way to make fun of myself or laugh about the situation. As I said in my previous blog about laughter, “Sometimes you can’t do anything but laugh.” This is the type of humor that I usually engage in.
This article discusses how age and gender play a role in how humor will affect your life. It was stated that men and women use different types of humor to cope with high-level stress events. The four types of humor discussed in this article were self-defeating humor, in which the person makes fun of him or herself or lets others put them down in light of a joke. The second type is affilitative humor in which you laugh and joke with friends but you like to be the one telling the joke and being laughed at. The third is aggressive humor; this is when you tease others to make yourself feel better. This is normally done when another person makes a mistake. The fourth is self-enhancing humor. This is when you cheer yourself up when you are down. An example of the first is when I do something stupid in front of my friends, I will say wow I’m an idiot, or something along that line. An example of the second is simple things such as telling jokes to your friends and family and they all laugh about it. An example of the third would be if someone were to walk through a screen door and they break it, and you follow it with a crude remark about their vision. An example of the fourth would be if you feel bad about losing in a sporting event, you look back and laugh at a couple of the dumb mistakes you made. I feel I typically engage in affilitative humor, as I like to say things that make other people laugh.
ReplyDeleteThe article discusses if laughter or humor is really the best medicine for a person.Two keys roles a person has to think about is the difference in age and gender are two key especially in stressful situations. Not all people have the same humor coping style. It then goes into discussing on how there are four humor coping styles. The first is self-deafting humor which is you are the but of your own joke and you enjoy it. My dad's brothers are all big stalky guys that can not run very fast. They always joke that they have the Dahl speed which is why none of them made the track team. Second humor coping style is affiliative humor that you tell the jokes among your friends. Just when I am hanging out with my friends having a good time. The third coping style is aggressive humor when you make a joke at someone else expense. My friend had to get an eye patch since she hurt her eye and I would call her patchy the pirate. Last humor coping style is self-enhancing humor when you laugh and it makes you happy even when you are under stress. I watch the movie Dumb and Dumber because it always makes me laugh when I am stressed. I typically engage in self-enhancing because I am stressed with school and work but my friends always can make me laugh. Also I do engage in affiliative humor.
ReplyDeleteThis article explains how certain types of humor work better for certain types of stress. The article states that it doesn’t believe that there is not advantage to humor over the age of 70, like a recent study from Norway suggests. It doesn’t matter how old you are as long as you are coping the correct way. The article also states that older adults are better able to regulate their emotions due to the fact that they have lived through previous stress and situations.
ReplyDeleteThere are four humor coping styles that can be beneficial if used in certain situations, the first being self-defeating humor. This type of humor allows you to be made fun of people and to make fun of yourself. For example, if you fall down the stairs in from of your friends, you don’t get offended when they joke about it for the next week. The second type of humor is affiliative humor, which means that you like to be the person making the jokes and being funny. For example, when I think of this type of a person usually think of the class clown, or the person who is always cracking the jokes. The third type of humor is aggressive humor, where you use humor to tease or attack people, even if it’s not an appropriate situation to say something funny. This reminds me of a friend of mine who always makes fun of people if they mess up or do something wrong. The fourth type of humor is self-enhancing humor, where humor is used to cheer you in when you are in stressful situations, and you can always see the funny in stressful situations. An example of this is when I hope on YouTube to watch funny videos after being really stressed out during the day.
These different types of humor had different effects for different genders. For example, males are more likely to adapt by using either aggressive or self-defeating humor, while women who used these same coping strategies ended up feeling even worse than they did before. I see myself as a mixture between affiliative humor and self-enhancing humor for the most part, since I love to joke around with my friends and I usually use humor to cheer myself up. Last week’s article on laughter discussed how sharing laughter with other people can help to strengthen relationships, which would be a form of affiliative humor. Last week’s article also discussed the ability to laugh at yourself, even when you are embarrassed, which would be a form of self-defeating humor.
The article talks about the gender and age factors when using humor to make one feel better about themselves. It talks about age 70 and under there is a life expectancy advantage, and for those over the age of 70 that it didn't have a advantage. It went on to talk about different types of humor and some work better than other and that there are gender twist. There was a study that showed older men and women in a high stress situation, and the men mad fun of themselves and others and when they left the study they came out feeling better than when they went into the study. This is where the gender twist comes into play, the females that took part in this came out feeling worse than when they went into the study. It also talked in the article about how older adults have learned how to regulate their emotions better than younger people. The older adults have learned how to see positive in the situation instead of seeing the negative.
ReplyDeleteThe different types of humor: 1.) Self-defeating humor-you let yourself be made fun or you put yourself down because you like others making fun of you. Example: I have had a little too much to drink and went to walk out my back door on to my deck and forgot there was a step down to the deck, I feel down face first and since I was drunk I was putting myself down to get the laughs, talking about that I just learned to walk. 2.) Affiliative humor- You like to be the one telling the jokes, you like to joke around and you are the witty and funny one. Example: In my years as a paramedic we was always in very stressful situations, so every time I had a new paramedic I would always be the one telling the jokes, they might have not been the most appropriate jokes for the situation but it always helped ease the mind of the new medic in the field. 3.) Aggressive humor- it is an attacking humor, using it to attack someone for making a mistake. Can't stop yourself from saying something when it is not a appropriate situation. Example: I had several other medic's that would train new medic's when they came into the field, they used this kind of humor if a person made a mistake they would make a joke out of it, even in front of patients and other co-workers. It was a very inappropriate way of joking and it made the new medic's feel 2" tall. 4.) self-enhancing humor- using humor to help make yourself feel better. When your depressed you use it to cheer yourself up. Example: It almost goes along the lines of self-defeating humor but I will make fun of myself or bring something up that I done that was completely stupid and make myself laugh about it now.
If I had to say I use self-enhancing humor. I am always making myself laugh just thinking about things in the past that I done when I was 20/21 years old. I look back now and think that was a stupid idea to do that, so I make myself feel better by seeing that I survived some of that crazy stuff.
In contrast with last week’s article on laughter, this week’s article is not as firm and positive about laughter being the best medicine. This week’s article targets whether laughter being the best medicine is a myth. It also discusses that regardless of your age; your sense of humor does not decrease or increase.
ReplyDeleteHumor coping styles are also discussed in the article. There are four styles, including self-defeating humor, affiliative humor, aggressive humor and self-enhancing humor. In self-defeating humor, a person lets themselves be made fun of by other people and you like it when others laugh about yourself. I, personally, don’t get affended when people make fun of me and find humor in a mistake that I make. Affiliative humor is when a person likes to joke around with friends and likes to be the one telling the jokes. Aggressive humor is when someone teases a person when they make a mistake and enjoys this type of attacking humor. Personally, I see aggressive humor a lot with people using sarcasm and attacking someone messing up as a type of humor. Self-enhancing, which would most likely be the “best medicine” is when a person copes with a stressful situation by finding the humor in it or making themselves laugh with some sort of humor. I have seen people use YouTube videos to spike their mood. Along with coping styles, gender also plays a role in humor, for example, men using sarcasm as a way to handle a tough situation is ok whereas with a woman, sarcasm will only make the situation worse. Typically, I engage in aggressive humor with my friends. We talk with sarcasm to each other in a humorous way.
This article explains benefits of using humor when you are under the age of 70. For some reason, when you are 70, humor does not play the same role as when you are 69, but that doesn’t mean that you need to stop laughing. This article talks about four different types of humor and the effects it has on gender. It also explains that getting benefits from humor depends on situations. For example, for a male, being sarcastic will improve their mood, but for a female it will make it worse. The article continues to explain how gender has an effect on humor.
ReplyDeleteThis first type of humor is self-defeating humor. This means that you enjoy people laughing at you and you laugh at yourself in a way to put yourself down. A personal example of this was back in elementary school. I accidentally put my shirt on backwards and people were laughing at me; it was pretty funny.
The second type of humor is affiliative humor. This humor is when you are the one telling jokes with your group of friends; you enjoying being funny around your friends. For me, there is one person I love to be the ‘jokester’ around. He is so laid back and being the one to make him laugh makes my day.
The third type of humor is aggressive humor. This humor is when you are teasing people and almost making fun of them. You feel like you have to make a joke when it is unnecessary. This happened to me the other day. The situation definitely did not call for a joke, but I made one; not on purpose and I felt totally bad about it.
The fourth humor is self-enhancing humor. This humor is used when people are depressed and seeing the humor in your ‘not so good’ situations. This humor makes you feel good even if you aren’t. An example of this would be my day today. I had two tests today that were both very important. I was stressing about it a little and just laughed because they really weren’t as big of a deal as I was thinking they were. I have extra credit opportunities in both classes that it was funny I was stressing over them. This humor is the one I engage in the most. It helps me not to worry or feel sad as much.
These two articles tie together because they both talk about benefits of laughter. Even though this new one explains the role of gender, there are still positives of humor. Some humor may not be good for everyone, but in the end, laughter is good for you.
Laughter is considered the best medicine, but a recent study conducted in Norway suggests that humor is only an advantage for people under the age of 70. However, that doesn’t mean that we should lose our sense of humor. Older adults are better at regulating their emotions and are more likely to see the positive sides in a situation. There are certain types of humor coping styles; self-defeating humor, affiliative humor, aggressive humor, and self-enhancing humor. Some are better for high stress situations and they are also gender specific. For most, self-enhancing humor is the “best medicine” for high stress, but for males, aggressive humor also helps. One study of teaching styles in college professors shows that men use humor more effective in the classroom. Women that made fun of themselves or other people are more likely to feel worse than men who use this type of humor. Sarcasm works best for males than females, but everyone needs a good laugh so cheer yourself up with humor.
ReplyDeleteThere are four types of humor. The first one is self-defeating humor and it means letting yourself be made fun of by others, or using humor to put yourself down. The second type is afffiliative humor, which is you like to tell the jokes when you’re with your friends. Aggressive humor is the third type of humor and it is used in an attacking way, such as teasing others when they make a mistake and making funny comments even if it’s not appropriate. The final humor type is self-enhancing humor and it is used to cheer you up when you’re depressed and you can see funny situations even in high stress.
A personal experience of self-defeating humor is when two of my friends make fun of each other to cause others to laugh. They do silly things or comment about each other and laugh right along with the others. One of my friends is the class clown and uses affiliative humor. He loves to be the center of attention when it comes to making people laugh and he always has something funny to say. Aggressive humor is seen in everyday activities because when someone makes a mistake or spills something, another person is always there to comment and laugh about the situation. I can usually use self-enhancing humor in stressful situations because I want others to not be so stressed or be cheered up. I usually make a remark about how things could have happened or if things are not going right then I would bring up a funny situation or past event.
As last week’s article states, laughter relaxes the whole body and boosts the immune systems. It also has mental and physical health benefits, so this article states that self-enhancing humor is the best and the one that relates the most with these findings. Laughter can be found in TV shows, reading funny comics, sharing jokes, and doing something silly.
This article outlined the positive effect humor can have on stressful situations. They first talked about a study conducted in Norway which found that for people under the age of 70, friendly sense of humor provides a life expectancy advantage. This article went on to question these findings. One study found that there is a gender twist to how humor can help reduce stress. As well as that older adults are better at regulating their emotions thus can handle stress better. This study did focus on older adults that were survivors and didn’t fall to the effects of stress. Another study that was conducted on 265 retirees using a Humor Style Questionnaire addressed the 4 types of coping skills.
ReplyDeleteThe first coping style is self-defeating humor which is when you allow yourself to be made fun of or use humor to put yourself down. You like it when others laugh about you. The second coping style is affiliative humor, which is when you are laughing and joking around with your friends you like to be the one telling the jokes and making people laugh. The third coping style is aggressive humor, which is when you use humor in an attacking way such as teasing people when they make a mistake. The forth coping style is self-enhancing humor, which is when you are down you use humor to cheer you up. You can see funny things in highly stressful situations. The best coping style is self-enhancing. But there are some differences between male and female. The other article last week didn’t have anything about gender bias and talked about general ways anyone can add happiness to their life and how it can benefit anyone.
This study found the gender bias in humor coping styles. In general male participants used aggressive and Self-defeating humor to deal with stressful situations. When woman used these they had the opposite effect. Gender stereotypes say that self-effacing type of humor is constant with females. In conclusion humor is not a one size fits all coping mechanism. There is still more research to be done on this subject. At the same time humor is a great way to cheer you up.
My boyfriend’s best friend uses self-defeating humor. He enjoys when others laugh about him because I believe it makes him feel more important and present. My friend Dani uses affiliative humor. Out of all my friends she is the funniest one and is always making all of us laugh. I believe this make her happy. When my boyfriend is around his fraternity brother they all use aggressive humor. If you didn’t know them you would think they hate each other. They are constantly making fun of each other, but in the end this makes them happier. My sister uses self-enhancing humor. She is going to grad school right now and she tells me that whenever she is stressed or in a bad mood she watches an episode of the Office to cheer her up. I typically engage in self-enhancing humor. I find that a funny show can put me in a better mood and I always try to put a positive spin of situations. Sometimes that is humor.
This article sets out to determine whether or not laughter really is the best medicine, based on age, stress, gender, and type of humor used to create the laughter. Age does not affect the healing power of laughter, rather the type of coping you use that comes with different ages. Older generations can better control their emotions and can maximize their positive interactions. The different humor that effects emotion are as follows: Self-defeating humor, Affiliative humor, Aggressive humor, and Self-enhancing humor. Self-enhancing humor is the best medicine when used in a truly stressful situation; if it is low level stress, there are little to no benefits. In high stress, men benefit from aggressive and self-defeating stress, while women see adverse effects from those styles of humor. In fact, men can get away with more hostile humor than women. Even in older men and women, the men can feel better after making fun of themselves, while women normally feel worse, primarily because of social norms. So men in general can get away with more sarcastic humor opposed to women.
ReplyDeleteSelf-defeating humor is when you let yourself be made fun of, you like when others can laugh at you. A friend of mine dues stand up, and his most popular jokes are when he makes fun of himself in crude ways (I cannot write any).
Affiliative humor is when you laugh with others. I see it in the use of puns or reenacting jokes you have heard elsewhere, such as being able to recite Anchorman word for word with friends.
Aggressive humor is when you use humor in an attacking way. I feel this is the primary humor men use with each other, or at least it is the type I primarily engage in. Always poking fun and taking advantage of mistakes. Such as when your friend pees his pants on his 21st birthday, everyone gets a good laugh on his expense.
Self-enhancing humor is humor that make you feel better. When I feel down I watch a comedy movie of find ways to laugh at how random and insignificant a stressful event really is in the scheme of things.
I did read the last post on laughter I think it was too broad. Just to say laughing for the sake of laughing can help you in numerous ways. I enjoyed how this article broke down the different types, because all laughter is not the same. This extra information/ other view helped with certain skepticisms that could have been brought up by the other article.
Yahoo for clearing up skepticism!
DeleteThe article talks about how laughter plays a big role in life expectancy for people under the age of 70. It also said that there are certain types of humor that work better with certain types of stress. The article also talks about the four different types of humor and the different effects they have.
ReplyDeleteThe first type of humor is self defeating humor, this is when you let others make fun of you and you like it when other laugh at you. An example of this would be like when on of my friends get drunk and you get to tell them what they did the other night and they laugh about it too and don't care if you are making fun of them. The second type of humor is affiliative humor. This is when you like to laugh and joke around with your friends and you like to be the one telling the jokes. I would say this makes me think of my brother, he is always making everyone laugh and telling jokes, he is not telling a joke or messing around you know something is off. The third type of humor is aggressive humor. This is when you use humor in a attacking way. I think that I use the aggressive humor when talking with my brother and dad, even though I kind of sound mean to them, they know that I'm just messing around with them and they know not to take it personal. The fourth type of humor is self-enhancing humor. This is is used to make yourself feel better about something. I use this all the time, even if something is not going my way I try to laugh it off. When I was younger and would get in trouble I would just laugh at anyone who was yelling/scolding me for doing something wrong, it made me not feel so bad that I was in trouble even though I knew I was getting in trouble and it wouldn't be good in the long run.
The article from last week and this week tie together because they both talk about laughter can help with anything. They both say laughter is good for you, so keep laughing!!
This article is informative on the topic of laughter and how its positive effects have a tendency to be situational. While it is true that laughter and humor can help reduce stress, a Norwegian study found that age affects how advantageous laughter really is. For those under the age of 70 years, laughter can contribute to such benefits as increased life expectancy. After that age, however, the study showed no significant relation between laughter and life expectancy. Apparently, what really matters is the type of humor you use when it comes to fighting stress with laughter: self-defeating, affiliative, aggressive, or self-enhancing. Being older does tend to result in better preparedness and methods for dealing with hassling situations, so older adults have also figured out just what types of humor to use. The article goes on to say that there is also a gender variance in preferred humor styles; males typically lean toward aggressive and self-defeating methods, while women tend to react negatively in response to those types of humor. Despite gender, however, using humor to defy stress is your best bet for cheering yourself up.
ReplyDeleteThe first listed type of humor is the self-defeating style. People who engage in this type of humor essentially become or make themselves to be the "butt of the joke," but enjoy the laughter it brings to others. My younger brother practices this form of humor regularly; if he isn't making everyone laugh, he isn't satisfied.
Affiliative humor is the second type listed. This describes somebody who enjoys being the "jokester," making witty comments and keeping the laughter going. Reading the definition of affiliative humor reminded me of my roommate. Nearly everything she says is clever and hilarious, and I can always count on her to cheer me up if I am in a bad mood.
The third type of humor is aggressive, and is described as being the use of humor in an "attacking" way. Certain situations, such as watching somebody mess up, prompt people to make sarcastic comments that may or may not be appropriate. I sometimes use this form of humor around my family; watching my sister trip while going up a flight of stairs, for example, resulted in me making a joke rather than asking if she was okay.
The last type listed is self-enhancing humor. A more positive form of humor, self-enhancing jokes allow you to find something to laugh about even in the most stressful situations. For me, this was a particularly useful strategy last week. With three tests and multiple assignments due, most of my time was spent shut in my room to study. Nevertheless, I was able to cheer myself up by taking a break every few hours to watch an episode or two of Family Guy or a similar humorous show.
I typically engage in all types of humor except for affiliative. While I don't mind being made fun of (to an extent) or getting others to laugh by doing something stupid, I don't actually like to be the one telling jokes. Last week's article contrasted this one by arguing that laughter is indeed the best medicine. With benefits such as improved mood, immunity, and heart health, laughter is clearly good for the body and mind. This week's article merely expands on the topic; while the ability to laugh is effective for reducing stress, its benefits can be maximized by using the appropriate style of humor to react to overwhelming situations.
This article discusses how laughter can be the best medicine but only in certain situations/types of humor. The article starts by mentioning a study that found humor to help the life expectancy of those who are under 70, something this article embraces as a chance to utilize the older generation, who have had a chance to deal with life stresses not yet dealt with by younger generations. The pertinent study looked at retired individuals and 4 types of humor: self-defeating, in which you laugh at yourself, affiliative, in which you laugh with your friends and enjoy telling jokes to others, aggressive, in which you use humor to attack someone else, such as teasing, and self-enhancing humor, which makes you feel better, so you use it when you are feeling down. Self-enhancing humor was of course found to be one of the best types of humor for people experiencing hassles in life. Men happened to benefit more from aggressive and self-defeating humor when feeling life’s hassles whereas females were negatively impacted by these types of humor. These gender differences in humor adaptation were interesting and surprising.
ReplyDeleteThe 4 types of humor were described previously. I engage in self-defeating behavior when I laugh at myself for being absent minded. I actually hate being absent minded when it comes to forgetting items, and stressing out makes it worse. Laughing at myself is a cover for how annoying it can be. Affiliative humor is engaged in often when I am with my family, sitting around the fire telling jokes. I try my hardest not to engage in aggressive humor, but I really have a hard time not mocking students who I feel do not pay attention in class and therefore hurt their own grades, and then the sarcasm flows freely. For example, if someone has been drinking all week and then complains how they have done poorly, I certainly have an aggressive and sarcastic sense of humor more often than other types of humor. Finally self-enhancing humor is a great way to de-stress. Watching funny youtube videos or comedians are a common way for friends and I to de-stress.
I wonder how these different humor types impact individuals’ health. Laughter was found to de-stress, increase immune response, and decrease the risk of heart disease. Do all these types of humor have these benefits? If self-defeating and aggressive humor was found adaptive to men but not females, how do these forms of laughter have different physiological affects?
Sounds like you should do some investigation.
DeleteThere is quite a bit of research out there on the implication of one's humor style and health benefits
If you want, you can look on PsycINFO (like you did for week 2 of the blog) and type in key words like: humor styles, health, well-being, coping, etc.
The Humor Styles Questionnaire may be a good keyword to use as well, as I believe this questionnaire breaks down into the 4 types of humor discussed in this article.
This article discussed the different types of humor and how they affect people differently. Humor can affect people based on their age and also their gender. The article also talks about the different situations in which humor helps the most.
ReplyDeleteThe four different types of humor are self-defeating humor, affiliative humor, aggressive humor, and self-enhancing humor. Self-defeating humor is when a person makes fun of or laughs at themselves; someone is not afraid to be made fun of by other people. Affiliative humor is when someone likes telling the jokes to their friends. They like being the ones who make others laugh. Aggressive humor is humor that is often used to tease someone when they mess up, but it can often be used at an inappropriate time. The final type of humor is self-enhancing humor. This type of humor is used just to cheer you up. If one is depressed or just having a bad day, they can use humor to cheer themselves up.
I have one friend who is always making fun of herself. Whether she does it on purpose or accident, I have no idea, but she always does something wrong or in a really weird way and just laughs about it. I think that I use affiliative humor the most in my life. I enjoy making other people laugh, and I definitely do it all the time. As for aggressive humor, I have never had much experience with this type of humor. Every once in a while I will tease my friends for something they did, but I know the difference between a funny situation and a serious one. Last year, some of my friends and me were preparing for a test we had to take the next day and all we could do was laugh at the situation and make jokes about everything. That is the closest example I have of self-enhancing humor. As I said a little earlier, I fit in more with using the affiliative humor with just a little bit of aggressive humor.
The article from last week and this article both discuss how laughter can help shape a person’s mood. This article talks a little bit more on the specific types of humor and how different ages and genders act toward each type. The last article mostly talked about how laughter was mainly good for health reasons and how it helps raise moods. No matter which article one looks at, laughter is still the best medicine!
This article discussed the various types of humor coping styles. It seems that coping is actually what matters, not your age. The older you are, the better you are able to deal with stress and remain positive in stressful situations versus the younger you are. Individuals who look at things in a positive manner tend to have a better overall emotional well-being. The less daily stress that an individual has, the less benefits self enhancing humor provides.
ReplyDeleteSelf enhancing humor is one of four humor coping styles. It is also the most beneficial of the humor coping styles. All it really means is that you are able to cheer yourself up, and see the light in a stressful situation. Self Defeating humor, another coping style, is when you let yourself be made fun of by other people and you use humor to put yourself down. You also like it when others laugh about you. An example of this would be when I have a ditzy moment, and I am able to laugh about it and make a joke about it, versus becoming embarrassed. Another coping style is Affiliative humor. Someone with this type of humor likes to laugh and joke around with his or her friends, and also likes to be the one telling jokes, as they are very witty and funny. My brother uses affiliative humor, as he has always been the class clown anywhere he seems to go. The last of the humor coping styles is Aggressive humor. This is when an individual uses humor in an attacking way, even if the timing is inappropriate. An example of this would be if someone made a crude joke at a funeral. That’s how the individual copes with the situation, however, it is highly inappropriate. I would say that I use self enhancing humor the majority of the time although I am sure that I have at one point or another, used each of the humor coping styles.
This article discusses how laughter is the best medicine but only in certain situations with certain types of humor. The article continues to state that those under the age of 70 can benefit most from humor. Based on this the researchers decided to conduct a study with a controlled group of people over the age of 70. They decided to do this because they have already experienced life and dealt with humor being a stress reliever. The researchers asked the group of people to rate their stress level and which type of humor worked best for the level of stress they are dealing with.
ReplyDeleteThe four types of humor include self-defeating humor, affiliative humor, aggressive humor, and self-enhancing humor. Self-defeating humor is when you make fun of your self or laugh at yourself. Affiliative humor is when you joke around with your friends. Aggressive humor is when you use your humor to attack someone for a laugh. Self-enhancing humor is the type humor that just makes you feel better when you are having a bad day.
An example of self-defeating humor is when I am hanging with my friends and we are able to make each other laugh at the ridiculous things we do. Affiliative and aggressive humor go hand in hand with my family; we are able to laugh and joke around but when someone does something stupid our sarcasm comes out full force and we do not let up ever. I use self-enhancing humor a lot, when I watch funny videos or look at funny pictures of animals help me rid myself of stress.
I usually engage in the last three types of humor when i am around my friends and family. I think that last weeks article and this one tie in with one another. It was stated in both article that laughter benefits our health. The only difference was that last weeks article focused on all types of humor benefiting our health while this article states that certain types of humor benefit us more.
This article is questioning the theory that “laughter is the best medicine.” This article does not look at humor as a whole but it breaks it down not only four different types of humor but how age and genders view these different categories of humor. This study looked at the survivors over the age of 70 and how humor affected how they got to the age they did. They are looking at humor as a way of coping with everyday stress and more importantly stressful events. As they study went on they broke down humor into four categories which are as follows. 1) Self-defeating humor or letting other people and yourself make fun of or find humor by putting down yourself. 2) Affricative humor or wanting to have the spot light as you tell witty jokes with friends. 3) Aggressive humor, using humor to attack or tease other people when they make mistakes even if it is inappropriate. 4) Self-enhancing humor, humor that makes you feel better about yourself and the situation the may have been highly stressful. They found the best “medicine” or the best kind of humor was the Self-enhancing humor when in stressful situations, but on the other hand if a person was not in a stressful situation this humor did not have that much affect. They then looked at different genders and how they view different humor. In men aggressive and self-defeating humor provided better coping method, but had the opposite effect on women. They also looked at the difference of male and female humor in a class room in stressful situations and found men were more effective at calming stress levels than females. They also looked at stereo-types such the difference of a grandmother making a quick remark compared more normal grandpa figure taking a shot at someone. They go on to say that the findings are more based on older people and more studies should look at the younger generation, but regard less of age or gender if a person can cheer themselves up they can have a better outlook on life.
ReplyDeleteWhen I am around the guys the aggressive humor is used to make people laugh but at the same time in order to get people to laugh more a friend can take that joke and use the self-defeating humor to show that they realize they made a mistake and are comfortable making fun of themselves. When I am around my dad he likes to have the spot light and make witty jokes I know that he is mostly in the affricative humor category. I think for myself self-enhancing humor kind of goes with self -defeating in a way; I believe it is more positive but being comfortable with yourself and letting your mistakes go is defiantly seen when a team loses and has to move on to the next game. I believe a person can switch between categories but I think I spend most of my time in the aggressive humor having fun with people as we joke with each other.
In the beginning of article, the author talks about how humor can only have an effect up until a certain age, even though it was shown that certain seniors, who have been in bad health and through bad situations, have outlived their peers. It states within the article that are benefits to certain types of humor in certain situations. Then it defines the four types of coping styles: self-defeating, self-enhancing, affiliative, and aggressive. To end the article, the author talks about how people who make light of bad situations or ones who self-enhance when in high stress are better off, and that humor isn’t a good coping strategy for everyone.
ReplyDeleteThe four types of humor are:
1. Self-defeating- you like being made fun and putting yourself down or when others laugh at you.
2. Self-enhancing- humor makes you feel better and you use to make yourself feel better, cheering yourself up with humor, and finding humor in high stress situations.
3. Affiliative- you like to joke and laugh with your friends, you are the one who tells the jokes, when around them you’re witty and funny.
4. Aggressive- you use humor in an attacking way, you find something funny even when the situation may not be appropriate.
I would fall in the self-enhancing and affiliative categories. It is always nice to take a break from stress and have a good laugh, and I also feel like I’m not funny, but when I am around other people, I tend to say things that they think at pretty funny.
Comparing this to the article from last week, I disagree that the idea of laughter being the best medicine only works for some people. I feel as though laughing can always make light of a stressful situation and make you feel better. Everyone, I feel, should laugh frequently, because I don’t know about the rest of the population, but when I’m laughing and having a good time, it always seems to end with me liking that experience or feeling better having done a bunch of hard work and now I am taking that much needed break.
The article looks at the medical benefits of humor and discusses how it can increase life expectancy up to age 70. After age 70 humor and laughter no longer play roles in life expectancy. The article also discusses the four types of humor which are self-defeating, affiliative, aggression, and self-enhancing. Self-defeating humor is when you let others make fun of you or you personally make fun of yourself. An example of this happened last week. I was walking texting while walking back from class when I walked squarely into a tree. When I got home I told my roommates and we laughed about it for long time. This is the type of humor I generally engage in because I have no problem laughing at myself. I am secure enough of a person that if I do something funny or embarrassing I have no problem laughing with people about it. Affilitative humor is when you like to joke around with friends and you’re the one telling the jokes. An example of this happens every weekend when my friends and I go out. The same friend always seems to be the one in charge of telling the jokes and funny stories. Aggressive humor is when you use humor in an aggressive way to make fun of someone who makes a mistake. An example of this is every time I do something dumb one of my friends will be the first to make fun of whatever I have done. Self-enhancing humor is when you use humor to feel better when you are feeling down or depressed. An example of this is whenever I am feeling down I will watch funny videos on the Internet to make myself laugh and take my mind off of whatever is making me feel down.
ReplyDeleteThis article looked in depth at a case study in which laughter was more thoroughly examined as a suitable method for reducing stress. This extended to longevity and certain gender stereotypes, which have not been completely proven but are interesting nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteThere are four types of humor: Self-defeating, affiliative, aggressive, and self-enhancing. Self-defeating is putting yourself down and allowing others to poke fun at you. Affiliative is when you are the one causing the humor, telling the jokes, basically the attention getter in your circle of friends. Aggressive humor is when the joke-maker goes on the ‘attack’ so to speak, they tease or make fun of another person for making a mistake and revert to humor even when inappropriate. Self-enhancing humor occurs when you are depressed and use humor as a pick-me-up in order to relieve your stress or sadness.
An example of self-defeating humor in my personal life occurs often when I do poorly on an exam or homework assignment for a difficult class, I put myself down by making a joke of how bad I usually do in the class as a whole in order to make light of the situation. Certain times I enjoy being the center of attention in my group of friends, I like being the one to cause the laughter and making jokes in order to keep the conversation flowing, a good example of that happened just earlier this evening, I was speaking with two of my friends. We were discussing sports and the one girl was confused so I went with it and made fun of the situation using a very girly voice, she joined in to the enjoyment of the other boy and we continued on in that fashion because it was causing enjoyment. I perform in aggressive humor when around certain friends because they default to it, so it’s more of a defense mechanism for me but I do revert to it quite frequently. Self-enhancing humor is probably the one I associate with the least, when I’m feeling down and need a pick-me-up humor is generally not my go to option, I have other coping methods, however I have just thrown everything aside just to go out and enjoy myself with people I like, which usually results in humor of some sort.
I generally associate with all the humor outside of self-enhancing. It is truly situational dependent, several of my friends’ humor varies so widely that I switch dramatically in order to make the conversation more fluent.
In this article the author discusses whether or not laughter really is the best medicine. The article discusses whether laughter is a suitable method for relieving stress. The article discusses the 4 different types of humor. The first type of humor discussed it self-defeating humor, which is when you put yourself down and allow other people to make fun of you. The second type of humor discussed is self-enhacing humor. This type of humor is humor that makes you feel better. People use this humor in high stress situations because it makes them happy and allows them to feel better in difficult times. The third type of humor is afflliative humor, which is when you joke around with your friends and are kind of the base of the laughs. You like to keep the joking and laughing going and be witty. The fourth type of humor discussed in this article is aggressive humor. People who use aggressive humor use humor in situations where it isn't really appropriate.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I would fall in the self-enhancing category. I try to find humor in all situations (when it's appropriate) and getting a good laugh in always helps me relieve some stress.
I believe that laughter can be medicine for each and every individual. I think all people can benefit from humor and having a good laugh.