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Theories of Humor
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"Freud and the Language of Humor"
Recap on Freud:
1) 3 Levels of Personality
--id-innate drives (sex and aggression)
--ego-mask we put on for society; self
--superego-our conscience
James-Lang Theory of Emotion
Your physical responses effect your mood. If you smile then you will become happy, if you frown you will become sad.
Benign-Violation Theory
How to live a more humorous life
- pay attention to the audience
- Silverman strategy-take violations and use them in a distant way, making them benign
- Seinfeld strategy-take something daily and benign and make the violations apparent
Benign-Violation Theory
(Ted Boulder)
Theories of Humor
Benign-Violation Theory
In order to be funny...
- Must be benign and a violation
- Benign-not be strongly committed to a non-violated norm (psychological distance)
- Violation- threaten world beliefs (social moral norms)
Need to consider audience
Facial Feedback Hypothesis
- 1/3 hold a pencil/pen between your teeth
- 1/3 hold a pencil/pen between your lips
- 1/3 hold a pencil/pen in your non dominant hand
"Freud and the Language
of Humor"
1) Humor is social rebellion
2) Types of Jokes
a) Innocent Jokes-do not fulfill
psychological needs and are merely a play on words (pun)
b) Tendentious Jokes-fulfill psychological needs for expression and typically followed-up with "I was just joking."
1) Humor is social rebellion
2) Types of Jokes
a) Innocent Jokes-do not fulfill psychological needs and are merely a play on words (pun)
b) Tendentious Jokes-fulfill psychological needs for expression and typically followed up with "I was just joking."