Sense-Making
Asking "why" is a sense-making process. Humans strive to make sense of their experiences, and questioning why something occurred helps create a narrative or framework that adds meaning to events.
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In psychology, the inclination to ask "why" can be attributed to several underlying cognitive, emotional, and social factors
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