What does this mean, from a psychological standpoint?
2007-01-09 07:33:56 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
No. I've been told by a friend who recently visited Ireland that they put us to shame big time! They live hard, laugh hard, cry hard, and party hard! FULL of life! He said there's always a reason to drink, too. LOL
2007-01-09 07:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure to tell you the truth, but some countries aren't as wealthy as the Americans. Some countries suffer do to drought, lack of resoures, and some are always at war. So I personally think the Americans smile and laugh more than some people in the rest of the world.
2007-01-09 08:03:10 · answer #2 · answered by emmdog11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From my travels I would definitely say YES. But perhaps I was seeing alot of people who were just deep in thought.
Many people in other countries also do not greet each on the street nor hold doors open for others. I guess I was simply raised to smile, be friendly and certainly go out of your way to hold open a door for ANYONE. It may not have to do with being American at all, just upbringing.
: )
Happy Tuesday !!
2007-01-09 08:21:32 · answer #3 · answered by Kitty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do smile more I think.
In my country some people smile though but not the majority of people.
America is a mixture of immigrants
2007-01-09 07:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
being european i can tell you from my personal experience that you even might be right, partially. but of course it's about the value in society and its interpretation of others which is connected to this smile. probably it's supposed to mean "i'm happy", "i'm positive" it represents that you're glad with your live and you're open towards other people. in europe this might be considered superficial when you smile the whole time. but i'm against making too big differences between europe and the u.s. because i think after all we're quite the same...
peace
2007-01-09 07:48:25 · answer #5 · answered by rebelson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one can tell that . Only on less the ask ever on in world how happy do you feel . And give a rate 1 - 5. But i don't think this will never happen .
2007-01-09 07:47:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes we do smile and laugh more everytime some other country tries to blame us for their problems.
2007-01-09 07:49:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that Americans as a whole smile and laugh more.
2007-01-09 07:40:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What? OK you need to take a vacation to the other country to find out.
2007-01-09 07:38:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, asians smile (read: grin) a LOT more than pretty much everyone else.
2007-01-09 07:53:33 · answer #10 · answered by Buchyex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋