When Researchers Asked People to Rate Cartoons for Funniness, They

question 49

Multiple Choice

When researchers asked people to rate cartoons for funniness, they found that

• A) each participant experienced a cathartic release of tension.
• B) men rated cartoons that ridiculed women as funnier.
• C) the likelihood of participants acting aggressively significantly increased.
• D) women were more amused by cartoons that targeted women than by those that targeted men.

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Definitions:

Information Processing

This term refers to the way individuals perceive, analyze, manipulate, store, and recall information.

Suggestibility

The quality of being inclined to accept and incorporate the suggestions of others into one's own thinking, often used in the context of memory and information recall.

False Suggestions

Misleading prompts or information that can distortedly influence memory recall.

Repeated Questioning

The act of asking the same question multiple times in different ways to verify the accuracy or reliability of the received information.