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Nature of Humour (1956)
About this film
Reviews the theories and analyzes the nature of humor. Describes pre-school and primary-grade humor, and gives a brief history of humor in Europe and America. Points out that humor is society's way of keeping people in line and conforming to society's customs. (Description from NET Film Service Catalog 1960)
Directors & creators
WOI-TV (Television station : Ames, Iowa)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Humor, Laughter, Psychology of Humor, Theories of Humor, Incongruity, Social Conformity, Childhood Development, Primary Education, Nursery School, Subjectivity, Leonard Feinberg, Man and Laughter, Educational Television, 1950s Media, Social Psychology, Superiority Theory, Relief Theory, Wordplay, Cultural History, Iowa State College, Satire, Philosophy, Mental Health, Social Customs, Human Behavior
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