The Benign Violations Theory

The turn toward financial statistics means that instead of considering how economic developments could meet our needs, it instead is to determine whether individuals are meeting the demand of the economy.

Until the 1850s, social measurement in 19th-century America was a co...

The theory of Maslow represents itself as a pyramid that explains the levels of needs.

• The lowest and first one is physical needs such as water, food, and air. 
• Second, come safety and security needs. 
• Third comes the need for relationships, friendships, and love. 

Humor and status have always been tightly linked: good leaders seem to often use humor in order to motivate their team members' actions. As individuals, we tend to prefer, researchers claim, jokes that make us laugh while feeling slightly uncomfortable.

Furthermore, we perceive the joke te...