By admin on 15/08/2009
Social psychology is the scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of investigation. The terms thoughts, feelings, and behaviors include all of the psychological variables that are measurable in a human being. The [...]
Posted in Social psychology | Tagged people feelings, people's thoughts, Social psychology
By admin on 26/07/2009
An interpersonal relationship is a relatively long-term association between two or more people. This association may be based on emotions like love and liking, regular business interactions, or some other type of social commitment. Interpersonal relationships take place in a great variety of contexts, such as family, friends, marriage, acquaintances, work, clubs, neighborhoods, and churches. [...]
Posted in Social psychology | Tagged anthropology, Psychology, relationship, social work, sociology
By admin on 26/07/2009
An Indian-origin researcher in the U.S. says that people who keep too much of their emotions to themselves may find it difficult to Build friendships. Sanjay Srivastava, a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, says that even though suppressing emotions in new or difficult situations is understandable and perhaps appropriate, carrying the practice [...]
Posted in Social psychology | Tagged counterproductive, Emotions, friendships, satisfaction
By admin on 17/01/2009
“Life is 10 percent of what happens to me and 90 percent of how I react to it.” – John Maxwell
It is true that we often do not have much control over what happens in our lives. We like to think we do, but things surely do not always unfold the way we would like. [...]
Posted in Social psychology | Tagged criticism, judgment, reaction, relationship, stress-filled
By admin on 24/12/2008
The James-Lange theory refers to a hypothesis on the origin and nature of emotions developed independently by two 19th-century scholars, William James and Carl Lange. The theory states that within human beings, as a response to experiences in the world, the autonomic nervous system creates physiological events such as muscular tension, a rise in heart [...]
Posted in Social psychology | Tagged Canon-Bard theory, Carl Lange, dryness, Emotions, heart rate, muscular tension, perspiration, physiological events, William James