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What is the characteristic of self-enhancing humor?
What is the characteristic of self-enhancing humor?
- Teasing and demeaning others
- Using humor to enhance the self in a positive manner (correct)
- Using humor to gain favor with others
- Ridiculing and criticizing others
What is the primary feature of aggressive humor?
What is the primary feature of aggressive humor?
- Maintaining a positive attitude in difficult times
- Laughing at one's own expense
- Teasing oneself to gain approval from others
- Using sarcasm and put-downs at the expense of others (correct)
What is the effect of self-defeating humor?
What is the effect of self-defeating humor?
- Raising one's positive affect
- Gaining favor with others
- Using humor as a defense mechanism
- Lowering one's positive affect (correct)
