Carl Is Reading the Newspaper and Laughs When He Sees

question 21

Multiple Choice

Carl is reading the newspaper and laughs when he sees the headline "Thief Gets Nine Months in Violin Case." From the perspective of language, Carl most likely finds this humorous because the phrase or headline

• A) lacks subject-verb agreement.
• B) has ambiguous syntax.
• C) has no literal interpretation.
• D) has ambiguous word interpretations.

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Definitions:

Observed Facts

Information and data obtained through direct observation or measurement, not influenced by interpretations or assumptions.

Generate Hypotheses

The process of forming statements or predictions that can be tested to explore a potential outcome or phenomenon.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it, also known as the "knew-it-all-along" effect.

Psychological Research

The scientific study of the mind and behavior through experiments, observation, and analysis to understand psychological phenomena.