How Would Unconscious Jokes Potentially Influence One's Mindset and Behavior

-- "Stop rolling" in a high school student group as an example

Abstract

"Stop rolling, stop rolling" is a kind of self-deprecation and joke that naturally arises in student groups and even adults under the pressure of society's fierce competition. Studies have shown that self-deprecation and jokes have a positive effect on the release of stress, but from daily life experiences and major online platforms, there are also signs of disgust and dislike for such jokes, that is, after the first layer of positive effects, these jokes often have a second layer of subtle and invisible negative effects. According to cognitive psychology, jokes have certain salient and inhibitory effects. For high school students, "Don't roll it" as an unconscious joke can also potentially affect their mindset and behavior. This study found that, first, the relationship between the two people in the conversation constitutes a different conversational context. One of the factors that may make the difference is "the existence of a competitive relationship". That is, when there is a disparity in power between the two people, the other person being joked about tends to be dismissive. Second, when the mental schema of the conversational pair is inconsistent or lacks consensus, the joke may cause the joked student to be offended. Third, when the self-awareness types of the people in this conversation are different, especially when the subject of the joke belongs to a high self-esteem personality type, the joke will hardly work.