My grandson (9 mos) in no way comes to his idea of what is funny thru experience...yet he laughs with abandon when funny things happen - is it genetic? are human beings *born* with a funnybone?
2006-08-07 04:20:27 · 3 answers · asked by sonnyboy1219 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
My babies were a hoot. But I believe that they way their personality starts to form is learned behavior. I've noticed that children raised by quiet, soft spoken parents, act just like them. The same with being raised in a environment full of laughter. They will have a greater sense of humor.
It is sad we are not more like we were as babies. Everything was funny.( You should see some of the things i do to make the grand babies laugh. I wouldn't be caught dead doing otherwise"
As we grow. Life experience harden some of us, peer pressure to conform to be like everyone else( not be weird) ruins it to.
Laughter is the best medicine being a comedian myself. I feel we should all take a leaf out your nine month old grandson's book. Keep smiling.
2006-08-07 04:54:00 · answer #1 · answered by Balou 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people have natural dispositions for humor. I imagine there is probably some gene that could be attributed to having a funny bone, or more likely having a sunny disposition.
There is also situation humor that comes from experience (such as the inside joke)
Another cause is that he sees other laughing and goes about imitating the behavior. My 2 year old daughters know that my wife, son and I laugh after reading a joke off the Popsicle stick, so they give us their sticks (even if there is no joke) and laugh after we say anything.
But I would say at that young of an age he is probably something he is born with. Remember there is no age requirement to perform at Open Mics.
2006-08-07 11:37:05 · answer #2 · answered by thebuffettour 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think we have a natural disposition to respond to certain things in a humorous way. Just like two different people can experience a stressor as fear or fun... like being on a roller coaster, and this thrill-seeking is considered innate, a product of brain chemistry, I also think that certain stimuli eliciting a humor response (meaning that it was pleasing in some way) vs. being offensive or just eliciting no response, must be innate as well, or at least a product of brain chemistry. Whether this is determined through genetics or environment (like the chemicals one is exposed to or trauma, or whatever) I don't know, but I don't think it is learned behavior.
2006-08-07 17:15:06 · answer #3 · answered by Stephanie S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋