There were 25 women and men in each group. A sample of 100 persons were included in the study: 50 women and 50 men, aged between 23 and 35 years, which was divided into two groups, differentiated in terms of the type of religious orientation, each group consisting of 50 persons.

The study objective is to find the answer to the questions of whether externally and internally motivated religiousness differentiates the judgment of funniness and aversion of religious jokes as well as the intensity of the analyzed psychosocial properties. This explorative research was carried out on the basis of the dispositional theory of humor and the theory of 'affiliated objects' (Zillmann & Cantor, 1972, 1976). The research intends to analyze the dependencies between religious orientation, the reception of religious jokes and selected psychosocial properties (such as neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experiences, the locus of control of enhancements-LOC, and life satisfaction) and determine whether and to what extent the considered variables determine the reception of religious jokes. Die bepaling van die ontstaanstyd van die verskynsel kan onderskeidelik op вЂ™n verskil in betekenis tussen вЂ™n kontemporГЄre Westerse en ou Nabye Oosterse of Midde-Oosterse (en Israelietiese) begrip van die konsepte lag, humor en bespotting dui. Daar is rekening gehou met die fisiologiese en psigologiese betekenis van die verskynsel, maar die moontlike verband tussen humor en literГЄre vorme het egter meer aandag getrek. Tot op hede is daar egter nog geen konsensus in hierdie verband bereik nie.

Talle pogings is al aangewend om die betekenis van, asook вЂ™n definisie en teorie in verband met die humorkonsep te formuleer.

Baie min, indien enige, is daarvan oortuig dat die teenoorgestelde waar kan wees. Dus beweer baie skrywers nou dat humor selfs in die Bybel voorkom. Determining the time of the origin of the concept may indicate a difference in meaning between a contemporary Western and ancient Near Eastern or Middle Eastern (and Israelite) understanding of laughter, humour and mockery, respectively.Kan die verskynsel van humor dien as вЂ™n sleutel van interpretasie om die lagbegrip in dieOu Testament te verstaan? In die verlede is humor deur sommige persone afgekeur, maar meer onlangs het die verskynsel egter вЂ™n integrale deel van gemeensame kommunikasie in die samelewing geword. The physiological and psychological meaning of the phenomenon is noted, but the relationship between humour and literary types has attracted more attention. However, until now no consensus has been reached regarding these concepts. Numerous attempts have been made to determine the meaning of, and develop definitions and theories pertaining to the concept of humour. Very few, if any, are convinced that the opposite might be true. Against this background, authors also claim that humour functions in the Bible. In the past humour was frowned upon by some, but more recently it has become part of innocuous communication between members of society.

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