What is a sense of humor? Do you have it?

Irony, skepticism, sarcasm, cynicism - so many concepts that can cause a smile. But this is not a joke, as many people think. Postulates of such a science as psychology, argue that the above refers to the means of self-defense. And what is a sense of humor and who has it? Let's understand.

To begin with, we will compile a list of variants of humor:

- kind and spiteful;

- black and light;

- Thin and coarse;

- Shiny and flat.

After the research, the ubiquitous scientists (writers, sociologists, art historians, psychologists) concluded that people who can think logically, associatively and figuratively have a sense of humor. Whereas the manner of joking has a direct dependence on education. The more erudite a person is, the more elegant and thinner the joke. Conversely, the least enlightened people like frankly rude humor, not particularly thinking about the appropriateness of jokes and about the feelings that it evokes from the one on whom they joked.

To better understand what a sense of humor is, we classify people according to the ability to kindly observe the comic side of life:

- Individuals who do not have a sense of humor, who simply do not understand what is ridiculous, and therefore do not like humor. With them a test for a sense of humor is better not to conduct - they will fail it.

- People who do not know how to joke, but they understand jokes and love to listen to them.

- Merry public, who can joke, repeating other people's funny quotes and aphorisms, anecdotes and even cases from life.

- Talented individuals, authors of their own jokes, aphorisms, anecdotes, which are then transferred from one listener to another.

- People who not only know what a sense of humor, but also have a whole set of positive qualities of humorists. Moreover, they are able to decompose humor into the shelves: to tell and explain its nature, from which components a joke is formed, and explain how to learn how to properly, gracefully and stunningly joke.

By the way, the nature of humor was studied by physicians. They made an astonishing conclusion: laughter strengthens the immunity of a person, promotes the recovery of the body and the psychological state of the soul, prolongs life. But few are able to be able to rejoice, have optimism and laugh sincerely. It is clear that this sense of humor is far from being given to all from birth.

It would be an endeavor, but to learn everything. A sense of humor is developing! Watch comedies, comic series, read jokes, humoresques and satire. But do not just use the fruits of the source of laughter, but try to analyze every joke you hear. Try to understand its mechanism: how it turned out? What cause-effect relationships were involved? What caused the smile: witty phrase, the ambiguity of the situation, the play of words?

Start joking with telling anecdotes. With their help, you easily avoid a possible awkward pause in a conversation with an interesting person for you. And then you will learn how to recall the anecdote relevant to the context of the conversation, which will be a successful illustration of the dialogue and will give you many pleasant memories about what emotions the listeners were caused by the bike.