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A Review of Humor in Educational Settings: Four Decades of Research
- John Banas, Norah E. Dunbar, D. Rodriguez, Shr-Jie Liu
- Psychology
- 1 January 2011
The primary goal of this project is to provide a summary of extant research regarding humor in the classroom, with an emphasis on identifying and explaining inconsistencies in research findings and… Expand
A Meta-Analysis of Research on Inoculation Theory
- John Banas, Stephen A. Rains
- Psychology
- 1 September 2010
A meta-analysis of 54 cases testing the effectiveness of inoculation theory at conferring resistance and examining the mechanisms of the theory was conducted. The analyses revealed inoculation… Expand
Nuances about the Role and Impact of Affect in Inoculation
- Michael Pfau, Shane M. Semmler, +6 authors John Banas
- Psychology
- 23 February 2009
This study examined the role and impact of affect in resistance. A three-phase experiment was conducted. The results indicated that inoculation treatments conferred resistance and exerted nuanced… Expand
Norms, expectations, and deception: A norm violation model of veracity judgments
- T. Levine, Lori N. Anders, +4 authors N. Wong
- Psychology
- 1 June 2000
Violations of expectations have been advanced as an explanation for how people make veracity judgments, and previous research has found that unexpected weird behavior is rated as less honest than… Expand
Humor use in power-differentiated interactions
- Norah E. Dunbar, John Banas, D. Rodriguez, Shr-Jie Liu, Gordon Abra
- Psychology
- 14 November 2012
Inoculating Against Reactance to Persuasive Health Messages
- A. Richards, John Banas
- Psychology, Medicine
- Health communication
- 4 May 2015
This investigation examined the possibility of decreasing psychological reactance to health campaigns through the use of inoculation messages. It was hypothesized that an inoculation message, which… Expand
Role and Impact of Involvement and Enhanced Threat in Resistance
- Michael Pfau, John Banas, +6 authors J. Underhill
- Psychology
- 26 February 2010
This study examined the relative impact of outcome-relevant (OR), value-relevant (VR), and impression-relevant (IR) involvement on resistance to influence and whether it is possible to enhance… Expand
Weak-Tie Support Network Preference and Perceived Life Stress Among Participants in Health-Related, Computer-Mediated Support Groups
- K. Wright, Stephen A. Rains, John Banas
- Psychology, Computer Science
- J. Comput. Mediat. Commun.
- 1 July 2010
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More on Inoculating Against Reactance to Persuasive Health Messages: The Paradox of Threat
- A. Richards, John Banas, Y. Magid
- Psychology, Medicine
- Health communication
- 1 July 2017
ABSTRACT This research examined the efficacy of inoculation as a strategy to mitigate psychological reactance based on the level of threat communicated in the forewarning and subsequent persuasive… Expand
Exploring the “That's-Not-All” Effect: A Test of Theoretical Explanations
- John Banas, M. Turner
- Psychology
- 1 September 2011
The “that's-not-all” (TNA) technique is a sequential request strategy in which an offer is improved before the message receiver responds. Although the TNA procedure has been the subject of several… Expand
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