Jeer Pressure: The Behavioral Effects of Observing Ridicule of Others

By Leslie M. Janes, J. Olson. 2000

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Subfields: Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology

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In Literature and Literary Theory

1. Rod A. Martin
2. A. Cann
3. Gil Greengross
4. G. Miller
5. Kelly Stilwell
6. Kanako Taku
7. A. Pescosolido
8. Stefan Thau

In Social Psychology

1. Rod A. Martin
2. A. Cann
3. James R. Detert
4. G. Miller
5. Gil Greengross
6. Linda Klebe Treviño
7. Kelly Stilwell
8. Kanako Taku

Citations in the corpus

• Silenced by fear:: The nature, sources, and consequences of fear at work (2009, background): “In addition to hearing stories, results from controlled psychological experiments demonstrate that simply watching another person being ridiculed increased fear of failure and conformity (Janes & Olson, 2000).”
• Humor and group effectiveness (2008, methodology): “Humor can also be used to indicate the appropriateness of behavior patterns (Janes & Olson, 2000) and therefore aids in the development of clear group norms.”
• Compliant Sinners, Obstinate Saints: How Power and Self-Focus Determine the Effectiveness of Social Influences in Ethical Decision Making (2013, background): “…conformed not because they thought the consensus of the group was more accurate (as evident from their answers when responding alone) but because it is easier to align oneself with a majority opinion than to face the social consequences of not doing so (Crutchfield, 1955; Janes & Olson, 2000).”
• Humor Styles, Positive Personality and Health (2010, background): “Although other less positive forms of humor, involv ing sarcasm, ridicule, teasing and other forms of disparagement have long been recognized as common (Janes & Olson, 2000; Zillman, 1983), the available measures of sense of humor have not adequately captured these styles of humor.”
• Dissing Oneself versus Dissing Rivals: Effects of Status, Personality, and Sex on the Short-Term and Long-Term Attractiveness of Self-Deprecating and Other-Deprecating Humor (2008, background): “Self- and other-deprecating humor is usually directed towards a specific person (oneself or another) (Harvey, 1995; Janes and Olson, 2000 ) – their behaviors, utterances, personality traits, competencies, social status, or sexual attractiveness.”
• Individual differences in uses of humor and their relation to psychological well-being: Development of the Humor Styles Questionnaire (2003, background): “It also includes the use of humor to manipulate others by means of an implied threat of ridicule (Janes & Olson, 2000).”