Inhibition of Humor Enjoyment: Effects of Sexual Content and Introversion-Extraversion
Of 2 experiments on the inhibition of enjoyment of humor Exp. I employed sexual cartoons. Expectations were that those Ss asked to analyze these cartoons for their point would show less enjoyment than those Ss not asked to do this. These expectations were not supported. Exp. II explored the effects of the introversion-extraversion variable on inhibition of enjoyment of humor. Expectations were that those Ss high in introversion would show the greatest inhibition. These expectations were verified in a variety of experimental situations.