SOC101Y1 Lecture : Lecture 3
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Men receive more laughs and women laugh more y y. Status hierarchy-those high in the hierarchy seem witty as they crack more jokes, those who are lower in the hierarchy seem less humorous and crack less jokes. The amount of laughter shows the status of people within a dyadic conversation. Sociologically our social status is hidden beneath our laughs that show who laughs and who gets laughed at. Laughter is not as spontaneous/involuntary as it seems y y y y we can t control our bodies response y. I. e. more socially isolated, are more depressed, weaker immune system are systematically more prone to catch a cold or flu within a society y. Emotions are controlled although we are not aware/they don t just happen, we manage them. How we get emotional: external stimulus: i. e. a grizzly bear attacks, physiological response and initial emotion: your pulse rate increases etc.
