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happens when a father tosses his child into the air. The child will probably laugh-----but not the first time. In spite of his enjoyment of “flying”, he is too
anxious to laugh. How does he know Daddy will catch him? Once the child realizes he will be caught, he is free to enjoy the game. But more importantly, sys
Dr. Levine, the child laughs because he has mastered an anxiety.
Adult laughter is more subtle, but we also laugh at what we used to fear. The feeling of achievement, or lack of it, remains a crucial factor. Giving a
first dinner party is an anxious event for a new hostess? All goes well; the party is over. Now she laughs freely. Her pleasure form having proved her success is
the foundation for her pleasure in recalling the evening’s activities. She couldn’t enjoy the second pleasure without the first, more important one---her mastery
of anxiety.
Laughter is a social response triggered by cues. Scientists have not determined a brain center for laugher, and they are perplexed by patients with
certain types of brain damage who go into laughing fits for no apparent reason. The rest of us require company, and a reason to laugh.
11.The intended audience of the passage are ____.
A. mental patients B. humorists
C. psychologists D. the general public
12. The primary purpose of this passage is to demonstrate _____.
A. that we are social animals
B. why we laugh
C. the importance of humor
D. that laughter is deceptive