| Abstract: | One aspect of child humor development -- children's explanations of pictoral humor -- was examined in relation to the Visual Humor Categories, a 4-category system to describe humor responses. Thirty children aged 4, and 30 children aged 6, explained what they found to be funny in 2 humorous pictures. Results indicated that all explanations were accommodated by the Visual Humor Categories, and that the explanations differed by category type for the two age groups. Surprisingly, the explanations also differed by gender. It is concluded that the Visual Humor Categories is a useful developmental approach for examining children's understanding of pictoral humor, and further study is recommended. |
