Abstract
The procedure for the development of a measure of humour appreciation among a convenience sample of 53 primary school children attending a one-week summer program held in Hong Kong is described. Two sets of visual stimuli depicting pictures of local celebrities portrayed either veridically (congruously) or incongruously were established from a pool of 30 pictorial items. The pictures were ranked for their humour properties yielding a 16-item test battery. Analyses of children's responses clearly indicated that incongruous pictures were rated as significantly funnier than congruous pictures.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 26-31 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology |
| Volume | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |