Human Interaction

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF HUMAN INTERACTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

In order to have a better understanding of human behavior changes based on social situations. It is imperative for us to know what social psychology, human interaction and human behavior is and how these are interlinked?

1. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

According to Baron, Byrne & Suls (1989) we can define social psychology as, “the scientific field in which we study and understand the nature and causes of individual behavior in different social situations.”

The factors which affect our behavior when we are interacting with others are the main topic of study in Social Psychology. It enlightens us about the conditions effecting psychological factors that influence our

Martin’s personality consists of certain traits like self assurance and empathy. At the same time there is no single set of attributes or precursors so we can separate helpers from non-helpers. Situation play the predominant role in determining whether an individual intervenes or not. Due to a reward system which is triggered in the brain leading to continues positive vicious circle encouraging the individual to repeat the same act. This moral reasoning process advocate a precursor and as a result of an altruistic behavior. The mass rescues during the disaster of 9/11, which led to an issue of non-victims to help victims where we saw human cohesiveness formation due to a common cause to help. The act of altruism is a social facilitation by the means of gaining social prestige and emotional well being of an individual and is favored by the majority of humans. The necessity of altruistic behaviors is essential for the survival of groups and society to balance out

Humans have a tendency to behave aggressively and that if aggression is released in socially desirable ways, it is discharged in some other form. Frustration can be a key factor leading to a readiness to be aggressive. Study proved frustrations always lead to aggression of some sort and vice versa. Therefore when a frustrated individual has access to weapons, he will behave more violently. Same goes for the people who watch violent movies tend to be more aggressive than the ones who take interest in love stories. The intensity of aggression increases due to the number of incidents involving aggression. Other factors may include weather or high density population, gender, age, and social status etc play a significant role in an increase in aggression rate in society. On a larger scale warfare is the worst example of aggression in modern times. This phenomenon of aggression exists and is part of human life for the only reason. This is due to the social and psychological indifference among people that creates altruism and aggression phenomenon which has its effects on human behavior. The aggression can be prevented with therapeutic intervention, which is not needed when it comes to