Screaming

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A painting by Edvard Munch entitled Skarik (The Scream).

A scream, shout, holler, or yell is a loud human audio vocalization where the person makes a loud cry by expelling gas largely made of carbon dioxide from their lungs.

Contents 1 Motivation 1.1 Fear 1.2 Happiness 1.3 Pain 2 Purpose 2.1 Dialogue 2.2 Military 3 Audio 4 Notes 5 See also

Motivation

These exclamations may be motivated by extreme emotion such as horror, excitement, or pain.

Fear

When human beings are taken over by extreme fear they may scream for various and sometimes intermingled reasons. These reasons include scaring away an attacker, calling attention to themselves for help. Screaming as a result of fear from a practical joke may be cause for embarrassment.

Happiness

When people are overcome by joy such at an encounter with someone which they long to encounter such as their romantic interest or family member or friend who has been away they may exclaim with a scream their excitement for this occasion. People often scream out of joy when something happy has happened to them, like winning a prize.

Pain

When people suffer from injuries which are very painful such as broken bones or gun shots or being struck by a blunt object such as a hammer or door they often scream in fear or surprise of this event. This may be a vocalization used to deal with the shock of the incident or perhaps an evolucionazational adaptation used to warn others of danger.

Two people arguing in a "shouting match".

Purpose

Dialogue

Some people, when arguing begin to raise their voices to the point that they are screaming at each other in anger while continuing their debate exchange. Terminology includes "shouting match".

Military

Drill instructors frequently use this tactic and its associated fear and intimidation to train recruits whilst fostering obedience and expedience.

A U.S.M.C. drill instructor yelling.

Audio

The decibel levels of screams may be very high.And this has become an issue in the sport of tennis particularly with regards to Maria Sharapova\'s loud tennis grunts which have been measured as high as 101.2 decibels.Tennis grunters told to stop the racket, by Linda Pearce, The Age.com, retrieved December 19, 2007 The human range for screaming in decibels is between 0 and 112.8 which is the world record held by Alan Myatt.Quiet night\'s sleep for \'world\'s loudest man\', BBC Health News, June 19, 2001The pitch varies depending on the justification for a scream.

Notes

See also

• Rebel yell
• Battle cry
• The Shout

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