People who study death and dying are called
a) morticians.
b) developmentalists.
c) thanatologists.
d) gerontologists.
c
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When researchers asked people to rate cartoons for funniness, they found that
A. each participant experienced a cathartic release of tension. B. cartoons with sexual and aggressive themes were rated as funnier than cartoons with other themes. C. the likelihood of participants acting aggressively significantly increased. D. funniness ratings were inconsistent with predictions from Freudian theory.
Perceiving objects or events that have no external reality describe
a. hallucinations. b. stroboscopic movement. c. figure-ground images. d. illusions.
A type of developmental design in which subjects of different ages are studied at the same time is a _____ design
a. longitudinal b. sequential c. cross-sectional d. counterbalanced
At the movies, it appears to you that the actors and objects on the screen are actually moving. This experience is based on
a. stroboscopic motion. c. the Müeller-Lyer illusion. b. motion parallax. d. the autokinetic effect.