social psychology IP1

Social Psychology

Social Psychology IP1

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Human behavior is paired with many different emotions and feelings. The three emotions selected are love, jealousy, and guilt. With love one positive feeling that emerges is compassion. When you love someone you feel pain when they feel pain. This type of compassion is more intense when there is love connected to it. When you love you risk being hurt by the person you love with romantic love the person risks the other person breaking up with them or breaking their heart through other bad behavior. Love can also come from acts of kindness by other people or from being a part of a family.

When you are a part of a family the love is expected and more easily given. Love can have a positive long-term psychological effect on the receiver. Love causes a chemical reaction in the brain but it is also a feeling that is felt in every part of the body especially the heart (Dean, 2014). It is a feeling expressed through actions and is buried in the cells of the body. Love also evokes other emotions that can guide a person behavior. Love makes humans more protective and willing to compromise. It creates feelings of affection and ensures you can trust the other person.

The second emotion that was selected is jealousy. Jealousy is a different emotion that can be paired with emotions such as distrust. When someone is jealous of another person they will not trust their actions or are envious of another person. Jealously can lead to health competition for those jealous of others success but in most cases jealously is associated with something negative. A negative emotion associated with jealously is suspicion. Suspicion can lead to misunderstandings that lead to anger.

Jealously usually emerges when one lover believes anther lover is being unfaithful. Whether or not this is true is not important to this emotion as long as there is a belief of unfaithfulness. Jealously also emerges when one person covets something of another person. For example if a person gets a great job and build a pool, a neighbor may get jealous because they cannot afford to build a pool. The psychological impacts of jealousy are it can create other negative emotions, such as anger, hate or aggression.

The last emotion selected is guilt. Guilt can lead to positive emotions, such as motivation. In other words if a person feels guilt is can cause them to complete work or time or to make deadlines. Guilt can motivate the behavior of a person (Erupting Minds, 2013). Guilt can also result in negative emotions, such as fear. When someone feels guilty they usually fear the response by others. Guilt can make others do what they do not want to do or it can drive them to accomplish goals. Guilt can make people feel bad or depressed or it can result in positive emotions when the goal is accomplished. Guilt can cause shame or it can cause a person to become anxious or ill at ease.

The most powerful emotion selected is love. Love is a powerful motivator. Love makes people want to do good things and help care for the other person. It motivates others to support the goals of others and to do things to make them feel good about themselves. Love generates a physical and emotional response in others. Love in a family is part of being from the same pace and having similar background to loved ones. This love can be romantic love for a partner or spouse or it can be love that has developed over years of being part of the same family. Love for friends is similar to love with family but this love can be fleeting unlike family love.

When social psychologists study human behavior it creates an understanding of human reactions to certain situations, influences, and social perception based on individual or group behavior. Social psychologists examine social interactions in order to better understand group behavior. When social psychologists employs an similar exercise they can learn the type of feeling most important to the individual in order to better understand their perception, attitude, and behaviors. In this case the response by the class would be a small group which is usually studied in social psychology.

The purpose of studying emotion and behavior is to understand why people react a certain way in a certain situation. By understanding why people act a certain way an adequate response can be developed when needed. In the psychological profession the understanding of emotions which lead to certain behaviors can result in the development of effective intervention. The more that is understood about human behavior, the better the response to address mental health issues.

References

Dean, D. (2014). Psychological Effects of love. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,

8(4): 12-23

Erupting Minds. (2013). Understanding the psychology of guilt. Retrieved August 24, 2014 from

http://www.eruptingmind.com/the-psychology-of-guilt-overcoming-types-of-guilt/