You know that song by Jack Jhonson that goes "im just people watching other people, watching me....." It's true every moment of our lifes it seems were spying on someone..... my quesion is why?
2006-07-08 14:04:33 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
My guess is our tendency to learn by oberving others(latent learning/vicarious learning)...I think the word "spying" is a little bit too intense...it is likely that you are constantly keeping an open eye on your surrounding...keeping track of what is going on.
We learn to identify our feelings with the feelings of the people whom we are oberving...repeat doing the right things...prohibit ourselves from doing the wrong things...all by the works of obersving other models doing what they do.
2006-07-08 14:14:05 · answer #1 · answered by Pete 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I do with my kids when we are stuck in traffic and can't go anywhere we watch people and make up stories about their lives. It makes time pass a little quicker and it's so much fun. My boyfriend says it's just awful that we do this, but he's coming around. I'm glad because this is who we are. Storytellers. The bigger the story the better.
2006-07-08 22:41:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "spying" implies some sort of trespass or infringement, neither of which (in my opinion) accurately (or fairly) describes people watching (which, unlike spying, occurs openly and in public). I think that the impulse comes from a natural curiosity about others because understanding others helps us better understand ourselves.
2006-07-08 21:19:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Practice. I like to read people, determine as much as I can about them by observations on the way they walk, what they wear, how the talk, what they say, what they do, and who they do it with. Its remarkable what story a person tells about themselves in such a short period of time. And observing these stories, one after another....is better than any movie I've ever see.
2006-07-08 21:17:54 · answer #4 · answered by travelin_25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jelousy, hatred, curiousity, love... there are many reasons. It also just so happens to be entertaining watching people carry on with their everyday lives... But at the same time, people watch US too. It's an ongoing cycle.
2006-07-08 21:10:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans are social animals and our first impressions are sometimes based on actions or appearances. All animals are aware of their environment or they don't survive. We are animals and are aware of our surroundings for many reasons. I think it goes back partially to the fight or flight theory. Our awareness of the world around us. We are also inquisitive creatures and are continually gathering information as life long learners using our senses. Sight is only one of the senses we use to learn.
2006-07-08 21:14:49 · answer #6 · answered by john7 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Itz juz to see whether other people do the smart things you do as well as the stupid things you do. Or sometimes it juz to grab a style or two on whatever it is, the way you speak, dress or merely a hanging around style
2006-07-08 21:23:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's interesting, we're naturally curious.
Gossips try to live through someone else's life.
We also people watch to make ourselves fit in, to conform; we also learn from watching other people do it first
2006-07-08 21:10:52 · answer #8 · answered by Ashley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because life is interesting. People are interesting. And most of all we just want to know if we are "normal" like everyone else. :)
2006-07-08 21:11:07 · answer #9 · answered by Debi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people want to see others who are not themselves and determine what the difference is . . .
2006-07-08 21:08:51 · answer #10 · answered by Kohl H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋