If a person had never heard another person laugh or seen someone smile would they still smile? Are smiling and laughing instinctive behaivors?
2006-10-11 16:24:55 · 16 answers · asked by good advice 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
No because babies do both spontaneously even when they have never been taught.
2006-10-11 16:33:16 · answer #1 · answered by jidwg 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do think that smiling and laughing is a learned expression.No baby has ever came out of the blues just to smile or laugh.They have only done so for the first time after someone has repeatedly smiled and laughed while playing with them.And the babies who does smile as lil newborns only smiles because there muscles in their face is tightening up.But most moms want to think its gas or even want to believe its a true smile.Hey if it amuses the mom then so be it.
2006-10-11 23:34:07 · answer #2 · answered by darlene100568 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why go , look all over the place when, in your own neighbourhood,. you meet a BLIND person. He has never seen any one smile , laugh. Yet, have you not seen him laugh or smile?
Like others have said, about the babies , monkeys, laughter is a natural process. Like tears. whether very sad or very happy the tear sacs will open naturally to express the feelings. They are not learned at all.
Ok. Ask you partnerwhen and how many times you smiled while sleeping. Many times you do. Everyday. Did you learn it while dreaming.?
2006-10-12 00:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by YD 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ditto October's answer. It is instinctive at its core, but layers of learned idiosyncrasies interact with the genetically programmed ability.
Cases of newly discovered aboriginal peoples consistenly show laughter and smiling is a species-wide behaviour, adding still more credibility to the notion that laughter & smiling are rudimentary, instinctive phenomema.
2006-10-11 23:32:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes they are learned behaviors. however i think as babies we discover all kinda of facial expressions without knowing the meanings. But with-out learning what these were i dont think they would be natural and not instinctive. just like the angry face... you dont think A 5 year old just knows how to make that angry face without seeing it on mom or dad!
2006-10-12 21:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by sgoddess79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You confuse the behavior, which is inherent in this case, with the display rules, which are learned in every case. This has been worked out for some time now.
2006-10-12 00:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that laughing is a learned behavior that we see and mimic from someone else. I don't know if smiling is though.
2006-10-11 23:26:34 · answer #7 · answered by Molly 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe our spirits existed in heaven with God before we came. If God is the epitome of good then smiling is something instinctual in my opinion, not learned.
2006-10-11 23:50:44 · answer #8 · answered by polarviolet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think smiling is learned behavior. My baby smiled when a was just a few hours old. (No, it wasn't gas!).
2006-10-11 23:33:14 · answer #9 · answered by Margie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't really think smiling is, i daughter smiled the first day she was born, and she couldn't have been mimicking me, i wasn't smiling..lol....just playing...but really, laughter may be, but not smiling,
2006-10-11 23:34:20 · answer #10 · answered by nascar_cr8zy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apes laugh and smile
2006-10-11 23:28:13 · answer #11 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋