Başarılı ve Başarısız Mizahın Özgüven ve Yeterlilik Algıları Açısından İncelenmesi

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of successful and unsuccessful humor in terms of self-confidence and competence perceptions. For this purpose, two different recruitment interviews, each with successful and unsuccessful humor and different genders were displayed. Four cases were watched by 255 psychology undergraduate students as four separate short films. Differences were examined by paired samples t-test. In terms of perceived self-confidence, there wasn’t any difference; but the perceived competence level was significantly higher in case of succesful humor compared to the case of unsuccessful humor. In case of unsuccessful humor, there wasn’t any difference in perceived self-esteem for both male and female candidate, but the competence of male candidate was perceived lower than the female candidate’s competence.