Curiosity Journal: Observe Laughter

What is laughter? What is the role that laughter plays in society? Laughter is the “physiological response to humor.” It is what triggers the body’s release of endorphins or the feel good chemicals. It is what can heal us from pain.

Norman Cousins said, “Laughter is a powerful way to tap positive emotions" (Moss 1). Humor is studied by many researchers in sociology, psychology, art, literature, and medicine. When people wonder whether humor aids in areas other than health, a treasure trove of possible benefits to the learning or educational community is opened up. Humor can be used as a tool to promote learning.Research speaks to the many benefits of humor in healing, to its benefits in the classroom or boardroom, from reducing stress of students or employees, to boosting self-esteem and feelings of camaraderie. Additionally, studies show that those who use humor to convey a message are often more favorably perceived. Humor helps deliver the presenter's message to

on the level of the dialogue. Miller spreads the humor at the beginning in a deliberate way as a technique to reinforce his vision of the play. Humor did not come in a spontaneous way but Miller intentioned to use it for the purpose of giving his piece the realistic nature. The humor sense was given to many characters among them was Keller the lovely character and also Jim and Sue took part in displaying the sense of humor. Such humor also provided a dramatic relief at the beginning of the play before the dilemma begins (Welland 38-39).

On average, how many times a day does the average person laugh? The internet informs us that the average adult laughs seventeen times a day. While laughing is quite common, have you ever considered the factors behind laughter? Three theorists- Hobbes, Freud, and Bergson- evaluate the subject of laughter and humor.

A Comparison Between The Fluffy Movie: Unity Through Laughter and Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain According to Dictionary.com, comedy films are “a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion.” One of the best comedy films of the twenty-first century is Some Like it Hot, directed by Billy Wilder released in 1959. This was determined when BBC Culture asked 253 film critics, which included 118 women and 135 men from fifty-two countries and six continents, what they thought were the best ten comedies of all time.

Amongst the statistically significant data, male researchers received more smiles from the opposite gender when making a neutral and a smile compared to its own gender at p<.01 for female researchers is receiving more smiles from the opposite gender when making a neutral face. In perspective of the difference between female and male researchers, females received more smiles from the same gender while male researchers received more smiles from the opposite gender. These data sets confirm the part in the hypothesis about men being less likely to offer a smile.

Said Jeff Chaves (2014) Chaves, J. (2014 March). Say it with Images [PDF file] p54 (4) Retrieved from http://web.b.ebscohost.com.oclc.fullsail.edu:81/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=d22069b8-097b-40a9-bb9f-85e3810af9de%40sessionmgr104&vid=3&hid=124 II. Topic Sentence (This is the second point from the thesis, one sentence. ): A. Laughing takes many forms, it can relieve stress, help make someone feel better or critics how somethings are done.

The information depicted in this text is from the article “Beyond a Joke: From Animal Laughter to Human Joy?” written by Jaak Panksepp. Panksepp is a neurobiologist who graduated with a degree in neuroscience, biology, and psychology. This article covered the ideology that non-human creatures can emit laughter similar to humans. Panksepp had experimented on three various non-human creatures designed to discover whether or not they produced laughter, including a chimpanzee, rat, and less exclusively, canines (dogs). Experimenter would transmit stimuli to activate joy, and thus compare it to human emotions. “I think the more we know about the emotions of other animals, the more we will understand our own emotions,” (Panksepp, 2000’s). Panksepp

The questions are all about what they think about the previous activities and compare the answers to their actual reactions during observation. The result proved that they all laugh more in group from both systematic observation and group interview.

Laughter is an essential human phenomenon. Smiling in response to pleasant physical conditions occurs in early development, usually in the first month of life. As a motor reflex, laughter is usually present by the time a child is 4 months old. By the age of eighteen months, a child smiles once every six minutes, and by four years of age, the rate increases to one smile every one and one-third minutes. The ratio of laughs to smiles increases from one laugh to every ten smiles as eighteen months to one every three smile at four years. The individual differences in the rate of both laughing and smiling become greater as the children grow older. (Stearns, 1972) The instinctual development of smiling and laughing occurs very

Laughter makes you happy, forget your problems at the moment and give you an opportunity to breathe, if only for a second. Laughter is innate, stimulates circulation, increases the immune system’s defenses and enhances mental functioning (Olpin & Hesson, 2016). When we laugh, we create a sense of calmness within. This calmness assists with reducing stress and anxiety. Therefore, it creates eustress, releases endorphins, and promotes psychological well-being (Olpin & Hesson, 2016). The movie Bridesmaids increases my endorphins and turns a gray day bright and sunny. I have been a bridesmaid in several family and friends, wedding party. Usually, I am the planner of the events for the bride. I can relate to some of the experiences of this wonderful

CA is an analytic procedure normally reserved for ordinary talk, a point which Carter calls attention to, but then neglects to comment further on whether analytuc procedures can be fully appropriate for use on police interviews. Furthermore, due to the indiviualistic nature of CA are her views ever objective? as one author's interpretations of laughters functions and meanings are inevitably subjective. Despite these shortcomings, her analyses suggests that more research, preferably using more objective methods, are worthwhile. Carter's results can be easily applied by practitioners and demonstrates the utility of CA within the blossoming field and builds upon previous studies by Heydon (2005), Edwards (2008) and Stokoe (2009a, 2009b). However, she uses a very focussed and narrow domain of CA and those such as Heritage (2012) argues the analysis "falls prey to sequentialism".

Central Idea/ Thesis statement: There are several benefits of laughter in terms of physical, mental and social.

Journeying the internet world stirs up numerous eventualities. It taps on parameters of your being including how you captivate humor in your system. You can acquire this when you read several sites online. To mesmerize readers with context is what every blogger always dreamed of. But, if you wish to witness something hilarious, take a pause and ponder what tickles your funny bone.

This paper will analyze the connection between laughter and social power in the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Despite the social constrictions of 18th century Victorian England, the women in this novel are allowed a unique way to express themselves through laughter and intelligent conversations. There have been multiple studies on the witty and overall humorous language in this novel, including the article “Laughing at Mr. Darcy: Wit and Sexuality in Pride and Prejudice” by Elvira Casal, where she explores the link between laughter, expression of personal identity, and the sexual power that humor can possess.