In Brief:
Humor in Positive psychology is a specific transcendent character strength according to the CSV classification system. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). In positive psychology, humor is studied in a variety of functions, particularly as a coping mechanism and as a supporting character strength in the broaden and build theory of cognitive development. The superiority theory marks one of the first major successful attempts to explain the causes of humor. The incongruity theory first established a theory for the underlying characterization of objects of humor. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). In positive psychology, humor is synonymous with playfulness . Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Humor has been conclusively shown to be effective for increasing resilience and as an underlying character trait associated with the positive emotions used in the broaden and build theory of cognitive development. Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004).
Humor, as a character strength and virtue, although not easily definable, remains highly recognizable and applicable in psychology.
