Table 4. Bivariate Correlations Between Focal Children’s Humor Production in Play With a Sibling and Pretend Play and Social Understanding.
| Solo pretend play with Playmobil | Social understanding | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children’s humor with siblings in the dressing-up task | Setting up objects | Expected and creative use of objects | Second-order false belief | Children’s references to others’ cognitions in solo Playmobil play | Emotion understanding |
| Note. Pearson correlations.+ p < .10. | |||||
| * p < .05. ** p < .01. | |||||
| Performing incongruities | .04 | .09 | −.15 | .08 | −.04 |
| Word play | −.10 | .23* | −.10 | .14 | .04 |
| Preposterous statements and humorous anecdotes | .04 | .02 | .04 | .08 | .16+ |
| Sound play | −.13 | .07 | .08 | .19* | .22* |
| Taboo | −.11 | .12 | −.02 | .12 | .03 |
| Playful teasing | .05 | −.03 | .00 | .26** | .12 |
| Clowning | −.12 | .14 | −.05 | .03 | .14 |
| Total humor | −.03 | .14 | −.08 | .18+ | .09 |
| N | 105 | 105 | 108 | 106 | 109 |