SOC 1101 Lecture Notes - Nonverbal Communication, Microsociology, Proxemics
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The process by which our perception of reality and our behaviour are shaped by the subjective meaning that we give to an experience. Allen does not succeed in robbing the bank because he is the only one who defines the situation as a robbery. Stems from the contrast between two incongruous realities: conventional and unconventional arises from contradictory ambiguity, and double meanings generated by two differing definitions of the same situation. I"m not afraid to die; i just don"t want to be there when it happens. woody allen. I"d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy country singer. However a joke is positioned, the greater the contrasts between the subjects, the more potential for humour. Understanding the two realities underlying the joke well enough to perceive their incongruity. George burns: if i had known i would live to be one hundred, i would have taken better care of myself! (upon reaching his.
