2. Teasing and ______________ are actually harmful and the resulting laughter is an autonomic response, which has nothing to do with having fun.

3. Norman Cousins, author of Anatomy of an Illness, suffered ankylosing spondylitis, which is very painful. He discovered that fifteen minutes of belly laughing would allow him to sleep ____________for two hours.

4. Ever laughed so hard that you also ________.

5. Mark Darby, mental Health clinician and author of the book Use It or Lose It: Humor and the Treatment of Mental Illness, says humor _________ by: reducing stress; providing a proper perspective during difficult times; augmenting the immune system to help fight colds, flu and cancer; increasing the quality of life by adding enjoyment; and increasing socialization and enhancing communication.

6. While humor is wonderful, there are unacceptable forms of humor. They include ______ humor, ______ humor, ________, ________ humor or humor
as a _________.

7. Humor and creativity go hand-in-hand. While a serious approach to solving problems or meeting deadlines can be effective, it has also been demonstrated that work groups that play around come up with as many _____________.

8. Studies have shown that pre-school aged children _____________ an average of 400 times a day; the figure drops to 15 times a day by the time we reach 35 years of age.

9. One rule of thumb for humor in the workplace is to ________________.

10. Research (Loma Linda University) demonstrated that the anticipation of a happy or funny event produces as many ____________ as the actual event itself.

11. Do we laugh because we are happy or are we ________ because we laugh?

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