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Peer reviewedZillmann, Dolf; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Kindergarteners and first and fourth graders watched an educational television program containing three types of humor. Information acquisition and funniness were assessed. Compared with distortion-free humor, irony resulted in overestimates of properties of novel objects introduced in the program. Age did not diminish perceptual distortion.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Humor
