Smijeh

Smijeh je nevoljna reakcija na određene vanjske ili unutarnje podražaje. Smijeh mogu pobuditi aktivnosti poput škakljanja,^[1] humorističnih priča ili misli.^[2] Najčešće se smatra vizualnom ekspresijom mnogih pozitivnih emocionalnih stanja poput radosti, veselja, sreće, olakšanja itd. U nekim pak prilikama može biti uzrokovan suprotnim emocionalnim stanjima poput sramote, isprike ili zbunjenosti ("nervozni smijeh") ili udvornog smijeha. Čimbenici poput dobi, spola, obrazovanja, jezika i kulture determinantni su čimbenici^[3] za to da li će neka osoba iskusiti smijeh u određenoj situaciji.

Smijeh je dio čovječjeg ponašanja regulirana mozgom koje pomaže ljudima razjasniti njihove namjere u socijalnoj interakciji i pruža emocionalan kontekst konverzacijama. Smijeh se rabi kao signal pripadnosti nekoj grupi — on signalizira prihvaćenost i pozitivne interakcije s drugima. Smijeh se ponekad doživljava zaraznim, a smijeh neke osobe može sam izazvati smijeh u drugih kao pozitivnu povratnu spregu.^[4] Popularnost snimaka smijeha u televizijskim komedijama situacije može se dijelom pripisati ovome.

Proučavanje humora i smijeha te njihovih psiholoških i fizioloških učinaka na čovječje tijelo zove se gelotologija.

Narav

Kaže se da se djeca smiju znatno češće od odraslih: prosječno dijete nasmije se 300-400 puta dnevno u usporedbi s odraslim koji se nasmije samo 15-20 puta dnevno; ipak citirani članak, koji je napisao jedan od dvojice vrhunskih istraživača humora u svijetu, izriče da ne postoji stvarna osnova za ovakvu tvrdnju.^[5]

Više informacija

Izvori

↑ Laughing: Physiology, Pathology, Psychology, Pathopsychology and Development Frederica Rudolpha Stearnsa, 1972, str. 59-65. ISBN 0398024200
↑ Shultz, T. R., & Horibe, F. (1974). Development of the appreciation of verbal jokes. Developmental Psychology, 10, 13-20.
↑ Olmwake, Louise. "A study of sense of humor: Its relation to sex, age and personal characteristics." Journal of Applied Psychology; Vol. 21 izd. 6, str. 688
↑ Camazine, Deneubourg, Franks, Sneyd, Theraulaz, Bonabeau, Self-Organization in Biological Systems, Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-691-11624-5 --ISBN 0-691-01211-3 (pbk.) str. 18.
↑ Do Children Laugh Much More Often than Adults Do?. Inačica izvorne stranice arhivirana 30. lipnja 2013. Pristupljeno 9. prosinca 2012.

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Vanjske poveznice

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More information about Gelotology from the University of Washington, faculty.Washington.edu
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[1] Laughing: Physiology, Pathology, Psychology, Pathopsychology and Development Frederica Rudolpha Stearnsa, 1972, str. 59-65. ISBN 0398024200

[2] Shultz, T. R., & Horibe, F. (1974). Development of the appreciation of verbal jokes. Developmental Psychology, 10, 13-20.

[3] Olmwake, Louise. "A study of sense of humor: Its relation to sex, age and personal characteristics." Journal of Applied Psychology; Vol. 21 izd. 6, str. 688

[4] Camazine, Deneubourg, Franks, Sneyd, Theraulaz, Bonabeau, Self-Organization in Biological Systems, Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-691-11624-5 --ISBN 0-691-01211-3 (pbk.) str. 18.

[5] Do Children Laugh Much More Often than Adults Do?. Inačica izvorne stranice arhivirana 30. lipnja 2013. Pristupljeno 9. prosinca 2012.

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