Do humans still have that animal instinct? If we do, how much of it is present in our lives? How much of it is gone or left unused? What type of people tend to have stronger animal instincts? Can these instincs be stronger in some people than it is in others? Can the primal/animal instinct be dangerous?
2007-03-04 15:15:05 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
But can animal instincts be much stronger in one person compared to another?
AND... People who have stronger animal instincts, can they be dangerous/potentially dangerous?
2007-03-04 15:24:27 · update #1
yes
every time you think about sex, which for average guys is once every 5 seconds, there is an example of a primal instinct
also the instinct to fight for life, avoid pain, etc are other examples
2007-03-04 15:18:03 · answer #1 · answered by kitty is ANGRY!™ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think all humans have some degree of animal instincts, if nothing else survival and sexual instincts. I'm sure they can be and are stronger in some than others and some have more than just those two. Like hunting, some of us still like to hunt and kill our food, just like an animal and that would be primal to of course. As far as being dangerous, anything can be dangerous, depends on how one handles it.
2007-03-04 15:27:16 · answer #2 · answered by sharpeilvr 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We may have more instincts than animals. William James said of language, " an instinct to acquire an art ". The work of Noam Chomsky showed that James was basically correct about language instinct. It is incorrect to oppose instinct to learning. Our biology gives us a wide, variant range of expression, instinct and we learn which expressions fit into our lives properly. This approach is yielding great advances in science of late. Read Mark Hauser's " Moral Minds ", to see what the science is saying about our evolved morality.
PS I think it is incorrect to think that instinctt can be stronger in some, rather than others. This would oppose instinct to learning.
2007-03-04 15:41:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
many humans do. We have the instincts to protect ourselves and our loved ones in danger, we have the intinct to kill for our food and survival, and theres just so much to list. It's never really unused our insticts. We will use them when it is nessecary.It can be stronger in some people than in others, but it's all on how we are raised.
2007-03-04 15:19:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-27 22:06:53 · answer #5 · answered by leissa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-27 00:49:30 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, think about how you feel when someone takes the last slice of pizza that you wanted, I know you might not really care, but there is always that voice in the back of your mind that says, "that little idiot just stole my food"
2007-03-04 15:23:15 · answer #7 · answered by forthursdaynight 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Humans are very stupid and animalistic and it a matter of degree. Spoiled brats tend to be the worst. Yes very dangerous.
2007-03-04 15:20:49 · answer #8 · answered by bestbet77 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, I dont think so.
Instinct behavoir is only for the animal pass one generation to the other.
2007-03-04 16:00:09 · answer #9 · answered by sopheak l 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
To me, it's all psycho-babel mumbo jumbo.
2007-03-04 15:23:17 · answer #10 · answered by mx3baby 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋