Want to Know If Someone Likes You? [x-post from /r/psychology]

2011-05-23T18:23:19+00:00

Just to tl;dr because the linked article was quite unstructured:

humor also functions to indicate interest in social relationships—in initiating new relationships and in monitoring existing ones. Consistent with this interest indicator model, across three studies both sexes were more likely to initi- ate humor and to respond more positively and consider the other person to be funny when initially attracted to that person. The findings support that humor dynamics— and not just humor displays—influence romantic chem- istry for both men and women, suggesting that humor can ultimately function as a strategy to initiate and monitor social relationships.

(from the abstract of the study they linked, p. 923)

The experimental evidence in this study was consist- ent with the interest indicator model: Initial attraction to a potential romantic partner and interest in a romantic relationship with such a person (both based mostly on physical attractiveness) predicted subsequent responses to that person’s humor attempts and perceptions of that person’s sense of humor. Thus, being desirable led targets to be seen as funnier.

(from the discussion section, p. 929)

Well, my understanding from this study is rather this: people laugh more at your jokes and banter if they are attracted to you, and you can monitor the level of their attraction by periodically checking your success (with them) vis-a-vis jokes and banter...

2011-05-25T04:58:55+00:00

Started realizing this sophomore year of college. The girls I always had success with were the ones that constantly laughed at my sarcasm. Being a professional at sarcastic humor, there were and still are many times that girls just simply dont get the sarcasm. People that dont get sarcasm...I just cant deal with them anyways so it usually works out for the best.

Title	Want to Know If Someone Likes You? [x-post from /r/psychology]
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Date	May 23, 2011 4:41 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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