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ERIC Number: EJ252655
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Sep
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A Developmental Test of the Disposition Theory of Humor.
McGhee, Paul E.; Lloyd, Sally A.
Child Development, v52 n3 p925-31 Sep 1981
Children approximately three to seven years old were presented with pairs of cartoons and asked to choose the funnier of each pair. Cartoons differed in terms of which of two persons was accidentally victimized by his or her own action or action of the other person (e.g., having paint spilled from a ladder onto one's head). (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Humor, Parent Child Relationship, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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