Research on humor suggests that it is reflected in a child's ability to perceive incongruities between what is perceived and experienced. According to Paul McGhee, incongruity is most likely to be perceived when it is

a. low in magnitude.
b. easy to interpret.
c. intermediate in magnitude.
d. complex and challenging.


C

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If you lived in a poor country where many people could not read or write, encoding information by ____ would be widely practiced.

A. words B. sounds C. number D. sentences

Psychology

Why did H. M. not remember doing mirror-drawing, but because of practice each day, improved in this ability?

a. He was not capable of automatic encoding, but was capable of effortful encoding. b. His short-term memory was severely impaired, but his long-term memory was intact. c. His episodic memory was severely impaired, but his procedural memory was intact. d. H. M.'s semantic memory was severely impaired, but his episodic memory was intact.

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Whose research on the negative effects of school segregation on African American children was cited by the United States Supreme Court when it overturned the "separate but equal" school doctrine in 1954?

a. The Watsons c. The Rumbaughs b. The Clarks d. The Sherifs

Psychology

How do antipsychotic drugs produce extrapyramidal side effects?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology