Two studies investigated humor among gifted adolescents. The first compared the choices received on a sociometry of humor test by a group of gifted adolescents and by their peers in 30 classrooms. It was found that while sociometric choices were normally distributed in the general population, gifted adolescents received either few or many choices, in a bimodal distribution.
The second study compared personality traits of gifted adolescents receiving high and low scores on a humor test. The results showed that gifted adolescent humorists were more extroverted, more creative and lower in their needs for social approval. Tentative explanations for these findings as well as practical implications are presented.
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