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1、PsychonBullRev(2012)19:108–112DOI10.3758/s13423-011-0161-2BRIEFREPORTWho’sfunny:Genderstereotypes,humorproduction,andmemorybiasLauraMickes&DrewE.Walker&JulianL.Parris&RobertMankoff&NicholasJ.S.ChristenfeldPublishedonline:26October2011#PsychonomicSociety,Inc.2011AbstractIthas
2、oftenbeenasserted,bybothmenandItseemsatruth—whileperhapsnotuniversallyacknowl-women,thatmenarefunnier.Weexploredtwopossibleedged,atleastwidelyshared—thatmenarefunnierthanexplanationsforsuchaview,firsttestingwhethermen,women(see,e.g.,Lewis,2000).Suchaviewhasbeenwheninstructed
3、tobeasfunnyaspossible,writefunnierexpressedbymenandwomen,andofteninconjunctioncartooncaptionsthandowomen,andsecondexaminingwithfirmassertionsthatmen’shumoradvantage,ifsuchitwhetherthereisatendencytofalselyrememberfunnybe,isnotpartofanygeneralintellectualsuperiority(Greer,thi
4、ngsashavingbeenproducedbymen.Atotalof322009;Hitchens,2007).Presumingareliablegenderparticipants,halffromeachgender,wrotecaptionsfor20differenceinhumorproduction,varioustheorieshavebeencartoons.Ratersthenindicatedthehumorsuccessoftheseoffered,includingsuggestionsthathumor,lik
5、etheheadcaptions.Ratersofbothgendersfoundthecaptionswrittenbuttingofelk,isdonetoimpresspotentialmates(Bressler,bymalesfunnier,thoughthispreferencewassignificantlyMartin,&Balshine,2006).Consistentwithsuchanotion,strongeramongthemaleraters.Inthesecondexperiment,femalesindicate
6、apreferenceformateswhomakesthemmaleandfemaleparticipantswerepresentedwiththelaugh,whereasmalespreferamatewholaughsattheirfunniestandleastfunnycaptionsfromthefirstexperiment,humor(Li,Griskevicius,Durante,Jonason,Pasisz&alongwiththecaptionauthor’sgender.Onamemorytest,Aumer,200
7、9).Thereisalsoevidencethatbothgendersbothfemalesandmalesdisproportionatelymisattributedthecomply,withwomenlaughingmore,andmenmakinghumorouscaptionstomalesandthenonhumorouscaptionspeoplelaughmore(Provine,2000,p.27;butseeKothoff,tofemales.Menmightthinkmenarefunnierbecausethey2
8、006).However,thisevidencedoesnotrequirethatmenactuallyfindthemso,butthoughw