The Psychology & Physiology of Laughter: Student Guide
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Question: What is one reason people laugh when they feel embarrassed or to protect themselves?
Answer: Teenagers often laugh to protect themselves when they feel embarrassed.
Question: According to the text, why do some things surprise us and make us laugh?
Answer: We expect an ending for a joke but it ends differently, so the surprise makes us laugh.
Question: What does 'pretend' mean in the vocabulary list?
Answer: To try to make someone believe something that is not true.
Question: What is the definition of 'natural' from the vocabulary list?
Answer: Made by nature, not by people.
Question: Give the vocabulary word that means 'connected with being with other people.'
Answer: Social.
Question: Which vocabulary word means 'worried or afraid about what may happen' and is used to describe feeling before speaking in class or when a bad driver dr
Answer: Nervous.
Question: What does 'embarrassed' mean according to the vocabulary list?
Answer: Shy or worried about what other people think.
Question: What does the verb 'expect' mean in the vocabulary list?
Answer: To think that something will happen.
Question: According to the reading, why don't everyone laugh at the same joke?
Answer: Not everyone has the same sense of humor; people have different ideas about what is funny.
Question: How does our idea of what is funny change over time?
Answer: Children laugh at surprises, teenagers laugh to protect themselves or when embarrassed, and adults laugh at themselves or things related to stress.