Positive and Negative
Social Behavior
Edita Stončiūtė,
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Contents
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Liking
Loving
Aggression
Prosocial behavior
How to deal with anger
Liking and loving
Factors that initially attract two
people to each other:
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Proximity
Exposure
Similarity
Physical attractiveness
Characteristics of love
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Interest in another
Fantasizing about the other
Rapid swings of emotion
Passion
Closeness
Fascinaion
Sexual desire
Intense caring
Idealization of other
Types of love
• Passionate love
• Companionate love
According to Sternberg,
love has three main
components:
• Decision/
commitment
• Intimacy
• Passion
Aggression
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Approaches to agressive
behavior:
• Instinct approaches
• Frustration approaches
• Observational learning
approaches
Instinct approaches
• Zigmund Freud:
aggression is a
primary instinctual
drive.
• Konrad Lorenz:
aggression is a fighting
instinct; definition of
catharsis
Frustration - aggression approaches
• Frustration
produces anger,
leading to
readiness to act
aggressively.
Obsevational learning
approaches
• Social and
environmental
conditions can teach
individuals to be
aggressive.
Helping others
• Diffusion of responsibility tendency for people to feel that
responsibility for acting is shared, or
diffused, among those present.
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Altruism is helping behavior that is beneficial to others but clearly requires
self - sacrifice.
Certain personality characteristic of
helpers:
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Self- assured
Sympathetic
Emotionally understanding
Have great empathy
How to deal with anger?
Conclusions
Social psychology considers person’s interaction with
other people, positive and negative social behavior.
Feelings for others and positive behavior are very
important in every individual’s life and cause positive
emotions. In contrast, aggression and hurting others are
unacceptable behavior.
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