Do we as humans naturally want to do the opposite of what were told?

**Janszoon** · 02-13-2011, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by alli-oop

Is it natural for humans? i wouldn't say it's natural...but humans seem to be the only ones who do go against the warning. Maybe it's because we have a different intelligence than other species. A rationality that leads to curiosity and rebellious opinion.
You certainly don't see antelope signaling to it's herd "hey there's a pride of lions around the corner, DON'T GO THERE" and his buddy antelope says "aw screw that, I'm going to check it out".

I don't know about that. I swear my cat does things specifically because she knows she's not supposed to.

djchameleon · 02-13-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I don't know about that. I swear my cat does things specifically because she knows she's not supposed to.

your cat does those things because her learning brain goes up to the equivalent of a 2-3 yo human child. if you tell a 2 yo kid not to do something they are not supposed to do , they will do it regardless of what you say.

**Janszoon** · 02-13-2011, 03:54 PM

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of course not as I stated in one of my earlier responses, if it's something that's detrimental to my health, of course I won't do it.

It meant that as more of a joke/rhetorical question.

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your cat does those things because her learning brain goes up to the equivalent of a 2-3 yo human child. if you tell a 2 yo kid not to do something they are not supposed to do , they will do it regardless of what you say.

No, I think it's more than that. It's not like she just does whatever she does regardless of my reaction, she does certain things because of my reaction.

djchameleon · 02-13-2011, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

No, I think it's more than that. It's not like she just does whatever she does regardless of my reaction, she does certain things because of my reaction.

yes, she is spiteful just like a little kid is. That's basically what I was trying to say, I may have worded it weirdly.

**Janszoon** · 02-13-2011, 04:00 PM

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yes, she is spiteful just like a little kid is. That's basically what I was trying to say, I may have worded it weirdly.

So how is that different from people who deliberately do things they've been told not to do just because they don't like being told "no"?

Bloozcrooz · 02-13-2011, 04:03 PM

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yes, she is spiteful just like a little kid is. That's basically what I was trying to say, I may have worded it weirdly.

Spite is a quality people of all different ages seem to have. Not just a specific age group in my experience. Most adults are rather fond of this charateristic.

**Janszoon** · 02-13-2011, 04:04 PM

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Spite is a quality people of all different ages seem to have. Not just a specific age group in my experience. Most adults are rather fond of this charateristic.

Not just people either.

alli-oop · 02-14-2011, 04:59 PM

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I don't know about that. I swear my cat does things specifically because she knows she's not supposed to.

true

I specifically told Penelope NOT to touch the curtains in here. Now they are full of torn holes. As if she can't understand English or something. She's also fluent in German. Meöwz