Berry, Karlene Ann ________________________________________________________________________ (Writer) (Last Name) (First Name) (Middle Initial) The Use of Humor in Counseling ________________________________________________________________________ (Title) Guidance and Counseling Dr. Ed Biggerstaff May 2004 42 pages ________________________________________________________________________ (Graduate Program) (Research Advisor) (Month/Year) (# of Pages) American Psychological Association, 5 edition ________________________________________________________________________ (Name of Style Manual Used in this Study) The use of humor in counseling can be seen from three major perspectives. The client and counselor represent unique variables in the effectiveness of counseling. A client’s pattern of humor use can provide a counselor with invaluable information. Humor may be used for self-preservation, personal defamation, as a defense mechanism to hide emotional issues and anxiety. Counselors who can identify the intentions of a client’s use of humor can be proactive in counseling.

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Taking laughter seriously

The use of humor in counseling

Though music is rife with humor, musical humor as a single subject has rarely been discussed in analytical and theoretical terms. This paper discusses the nature and current theories of humor, comparing them to music in broad terms. Specific parallels between music and humor are discussed before delving into musical humor itself. The importance and significance of musical humor as a key factor in the development of the musical arts are explained through the analysis of music in terms of humor theory.

Music and Humor: What's So Funny?

The joke is an essential comic format, and since great volumes of jokes circulate unattributed and without explicit context, the question of their origin requires answering. The current production ...

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The Production of Comedy

Playable cities are smart cities that allow artists, urban designers, and city dwellers to introduce sensors and actuators or use already in-place sensors and actuators for playful applications. These applications allow users to interact with street furniture or with and in public buildings. Sensors and actuators can be embedded in street furniture and public spaces, they can be addressed directly (or they address the city dweller) or interaction is mediated by using wearables. In this paper we argue that there will be a convergence of videogame environments, augmented reality environments and digitally enhanced physical (smart) environments. As a consequence we may expect that the various forms of social and multi-player videogame behavior will also emerge in playable cities. In particular we pay attention to the various forms of mischief humor in multiplayer videogame environments and our expectations about having them appear in future playable cities.

Mischief humor: from games to playable cities

Humor is a ubiquitous experience that facilitates learning, social coordination and wellbeing. This study examined how the faculty at the University of New Mexico used humor in its online courses. The process involved faculty interviews, a focus group of instructional online designers, questionnaires and documentation to collect data, and then used thematic analysis and code development to arrive at its findings. The study found that the humor pedagogy at the University of New Mexico has fallen into disuse for online courses because of (1) a hesitation (fear) to use humor, (2) fear of what students would think, and (3), hesitation (reluctance) to share or recommend humor usage to fellow faculty members. These findings hopefully will energize the university to reintroduce the humor pedagogy back into its learning sciences curriculum.

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Taking laughter seriously

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The use of humor in counseling

Music and Humor: What's So Funny?

The Production of Comedy

Mischief humor: from games to playable cities

How do faculty at the university of new mexico use humor in online teaching

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