What Makes Things Funny? With Peter McGraw, PhD
What is it about puns that tickles our funny bone? Or dad jokes? How about a person slipping on a banana peel? What could possibly tie all these very different things together under the heading \u201chumor\u201d?\xa0 Just in time for April Fool\u2019s Day, we explore that question with Peter McGraw, PhD, a marketing and psychology professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and director of the Humor Research Lab, also known as HuRL. McGraw discusses his \u201cbenign violation\u201d theory of humor, when it\u2019s too soon to joke about tragedy, how and why humor varies by culture, and how we can apply lessons from comedy to become more innovative and creative thinkers in all areas of our life and work.\n Are you enjoying Speaking of Psychology? We\u2019d love to know what you think of the podcast, what you would change about it, and what you\u2019d like to hear more of. Please take our listener survey at www.apa.org/podcastsurvey.\n Links Peter McGraw, PhD Humor Research Lab Benign Violation Theory TEDxBoulder Video with Peter McGraw, PhD\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices