A Genetic Study of Laughter Provoking Stimuli1
1932; Wiley; Volume: 3; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1932.tb05823.x
ISSN1467-8624
Autores Tópico(s)Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Resumolaughter is innate seems to be generally held opinion of psychologists of today. Gates (10) would link it with mastery as a strong native impulse. Greig (14) would associate it with love instinct. Stern (31, p. 126) says, All these early movements of expression have an instinctive character, there is in them . in distinction from those that foll w later, nothing conventional or acquired. Allport (1, p. 253) says that while act of laughing is inborn, the range of things that can be laughed at is extended by experience. Woodworth (35, p. 158) states, One t ing is fairly certain: that, while laughing is a native response, we learn what, to laugh at for most part, just as we learn what to fear. This seems to be generally accepted psychological view. In biographical studies of children, considerable material regarding appearance of first smile and laugh is to be found. This material is summarized by Sully (32), Greig (14) and by Eastman (7). After comparing dates recorded by Darwin, Preyer, Champneys, Sigismund, Moore, and Shinn, Sully concludes that (32, p. 166) We find, within first two or three months both smile 1 From Institute of Child Welfare, The University of Minnesota. Condensed for periodical publication by Mary Shirley.
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