SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Mortality Rate, Social Status, Common Cold
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social interaction strongly influenced by our emotional state act differently depending on the way in which we feel. speakers laugh 50% more then the listener, women tend to laugh twice as often as men do (gender distribution of laughter fits a general pattern; a status) status: is a recognized position in a social interaction. in every interaction we have status hierarchies; in social situations, laughter is typically unevenly distributed. social structure underlying laughter, often a symbol of dominance or subservience in a relationship. people in privileged positions often direct their laughter towards those who are lower in hierarchy (socially marginal, powerless groups; reinforce social hierarchy) many jokes enable us to reinforce social hierarchies, they influence who laughs, who gets laughed at, & what the consequences are. in the case of laughter and common cold often believe that these external disturbances that cause a reaction are experienced involuntarily (they just happen to us)
