Psychology 3229A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: 6 Years, 18 Months, Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3229A/B
• Professor: Rod Martin

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There is more to explain about humour than just why it is funny. People have reasons for using humour, goals they wish to accomplish with it. (francis, 1994: social psychology: the scientific study of how individuals" thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by other people (breckler, olson, & wiggins, 2006) Were social animals and we need others to survive physically and psychologically. Our relationships is one of the most important sources of happiness. Humour is a mechanism to negotiate with other people. Achieve goals and indirect msgs to other people. 2 modes of communication in everyday life: on surface it sounds like paratelic and telic states, but not exact same apter was really focusing on the emotional arousal part. Whereas mulkay is focusing on the social communication. Fact of the matter is there is ambivalence, and ambiguity and sometimes we want to maintain that ambiguity and not want to be too direct.