SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Conflict Theories, Symbolic Interactionism, Ethnomethodology
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Biggest discrepancy in laughing occurs when the speaker is a woman and the listener is a man. Men are more likely than women to engage in long monologues and interrupt when others are talking. Social interaction involves communication among people acting and reacting to one another, either face to face or via computer. People with higher status get more laughs while people with lower status laugh more. Social statuses are just one of three building blocks that structure all social interactions. A role is a set of expected behaviours. A norm is a generally accepted way of doing things. Many people viewed laughter an emotion to be caused involuntarily be an external stimulus but feminists were the first to realize emotion is voluntary. When people manage their emotions they usually follow certain cultural scripts. Individuals usually know the culturally designated emotional response to a particular external stimulus and try to respond appropriately.
