What Makes Things Funny? With Peter McGraw, PhD

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 “humor”? Just in time for April Fool’s 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 “benign violation” theory of humor, when it’s 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. Are you enjoying Speaking of Psychology? We’d love to know what you think of the podcast, what you would change about it, and what you’d like to hear more of. Please take our listener survey at www.apa.org/podcastsurvey. Links Peter McGraw, PhD Humor Research Lab Benign Violation Theory TEDxBoulder Video with Peter McGraw, PhD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Why can’t you remember being a baby? With Nicholas Turk-Browne, PhD

Why can’t you remember being a baby? With Nicholas Turk-Browne, PhD

Why can’t you remember your first birthday party? Or the house you lived in at age 2? Nicholas Turk-Browne, PhD, talks about new studies that suggest that babies and toddlers may form early memories; ...

9 Jul 202541min

How to be happier, with Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD

How to be happier, with Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD

Want to be happier? Some of our happiness level is due to genes or life circumstances, but research shows much of it is within our control. Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, talks about the habits and mindsets ...

2 Jul 202534min

The psychology of wealth, empathy and entitlement, with Paul Piff, PhD

The psychology of wealth, empathy and entitlement, with Paul Piff, PhD

Can money make you mean? Most of us like to think we’d stay grounded if we were to become wealthy, but psychologists’ research suggests that money, status and power shape people’s beliefs and behavior...

25 Jun 202544min

Coping with job insecurity, with Mindy Shoss, PhD

Coping with job insecurity, with Mindy Shoss, PhD

Between economic uncertainty, the rise of AI and major changes in government policy, many U.S. workers feeling stress. A recent survey found more than half of U.S. workers report stress due to job ins...

18 Jun 202534min

“Dad brain”: How becoming a parent changes the brain, with Darby Saxbe, PhD

“Dad brain”: How becoming a parent changes the brain, with Darby Saxbe, PhD

Becoming a parent is a huge life transition. Now, researchers are finding evidence that parenthood actually changes the brain – and these changes happen to fathers as well as to mothers. Darby Saxbe, ...

11 Jun 202535min

Attachment bonds: Understanding our closest relationships, with Ximena Arriaga, PhD

Attachment bonds: Understanding our closest relationships, with Ximena Arriaga, PhD

What makes us feel secure, safe and supported in our relationships with partners, friends and family? Ximena Arriaga, PhD, talks about how early and ongoing life experiences shape our bonds with other...

4 Jun 202535min

Time going too fast? How to slow it down, with Ruth Ogden, PhD

Time going too fast? How to slow it down, with Ruth Ogden, PhD

Why does time fly when you’re having fun – and slow to a crawl when you’re not? Ruth Ogden, PhD, talks about how our experiences and emotions influence our sense of time, why time seems to go by faste...

28 Mai 202536min

Building resilience in the face of adversity, with George Bonanno, PhD

Building resilience in the face of adversity, with George Bonanno, PhD

No one gets through life without encountering adversity. But many people survive terrible things without lasting trauma. George Bonanno, PhD, talks about how humans cope with extreme life events, the ...

21 Mai 202535min

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