Why does seeing someone yawn make us yawn?

Question 1

Yawn

Answer 1

A sign that we’re tired or bored.
The action of opening our mouth wide open & stretching our eardrums when tired or bored, it can be contagious & a cognitive element that influence out behaviour.

Hang on, you’ve set me off.
Contagious yawning is connected with our social groups & how close we feel to the people in it.

Question 2

Contagious

Answer 2

They can spread from one person to another.

It is the most contagious behaviour, it meant to be automatic(sth you can’t stop).
Contagious yawning is connected with our social groups & how close we feel to the people in it.

Question 3

Behaviour

Answer 3

Behaviour, is an uncountable noun describes the way we act- either in a good way or bad one.

It’s the most contagious behaviour.
There is a cognitive behaviour/element that influence behaviour.
We are making a judgement about whether that person exhibiting that behaviour, whether it’s an emotion, or a scratching behaviour.

Question 4

Cognitive element/behaviour

Answer 4

Cognitive side, means they are looking @ the mental processes.
Behaviours are often not conscious, but are an automatic response to a situation.

There is a cognitive element that influence behaviour.
There is no clear biological reason behind yawning.

Question 5

Identify

Answer 5

If you identify with a particular group- you feel close to that group & feel that you belong in that group.

To exhibit a behaviour, is actually do that particular behaviour.

Question 6

Exhibit

Answer 6

To exhibit a behaviour, is to actually do that particular behaviour.

We are making a judgement about whether the person exhibiting that behaviour, whether it’s an emotion, scratching, or anything is relevant.