According to Mio and His Associates, One Reason Why There

question 18

Multiple Choice

According to Mio and his associates, one reason why there is a gender difference in the engagement in jokes and humor is that

• A) women enjoy jokes more than men do.
• B) women would rather tell formal jokes because it says more about the person than do humorous anecdotes.
• C) men enjoy being the center of attention more than women do.
• D) men may feel that humor is one of the few positive emotions allowed to them.

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