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USMAN GHANI , RESEARCHER UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND & PSYCHOLOGY, MASTERS IN PSYCHOLOGY (2017) ANSWERED MAR 17
EVERYONE KNOWS SOMEONE WHO'S SELFISH. THEY ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL HELP TO MAKE DECISIONS WHICH BENEFIT ALL OF THEM, SEEMINGLY WITHOUT HAVING GIVEN ANY CONSIDERATION TO THE IMPACT THIS MAY HAVE UPON OTHERS. THEY ARE THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL TAKE THE FINAL CHIP, OR WHO'LL TRY IN ORDER TO DICTATE THOSE ACTIVITIES OF THEIR NUMBER OF FRIENDS. [1]
DEALING WITH SUCH PEOPLE COULD BE DIFFICULT BUT THE INITIAL STEP TO COPING WITH THEM SUCCESSFULLY (AND NOT REALLY GOING COMPLETELY FROM YOUR MIND ALONG THE WAY! ) WOULD BE TO BETTER KNOW VERY WELL WHAT CAUSES THESE PHONES ACT THIS WAY, TO BEGIN WITH.
EVOLUTIONARY MINDSET AND SELFISHNESS EVOLUTIONARY MINDSET POSTULATES THAT MANY HUMAN TRAITS COULD BE DESCRIBED THROUGH DARWIN’S CONCEPT OF ORGANIC SELECTION. QUITE SIMPLY, THE MENTAL TRAITS THAT PEOPLE MAINTAIN THESE DAYS EXIST SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HELPED THEIR ANCESTORS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE. THOSE TRAITS WHICH WERE NOT BENEFICIAL TOWARD THE SURVIVAL MIGHT DENY INDIVIDUALS THE CHANCE TO PROCREATE.
IT'S VERY EASY TO DETERMINE HOW THERE CAN BE AN EVOLUTIONARY BENEFIT TO SELFISHNESS. IN THE END, IF YOU SIMPLY HAVE RESTRICTED RESOURCES, GIVING INDIVIDUALS AWAY TO ANOTHER PERSON WON'T IMPROVE YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF NOT HEADING HUNGRY! THEREFORE, SELFISHNESS IS DEFINITELY AN UNFORTUNATE TRAIT WHICH HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO OUR CURRENT DAY AND WHICH STILL CONTINUES.
WHAT MAKES AN INDIVIDUAL PRETTY MUCH SELFISH? BASED ON SURVEYS, WE ANTICIPATE INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUALS TO BE MUCH MORE SELFISH. INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUALS KNOW WHAT MUST BE DONE TO OBTAIN AHEAD AND CAN, THEREFORE, HELP TO MAKE THOSE SHORT-TERM SURVIVAL-ORIENTED CHOICES. THE REASON BEHIND THIS MAY STEM FROM THE TRUTH THAT ALTRUISM ALSO OFFERS SURVIVAL WORTH. HUMANS TEND TO BE NATURALLY INTERPERSONAL CREATURES AND THIS CAN BE A TOOL THAT PEOPLE CAN USE TO THE ADVANTAGE. THERE'S A STRENGTH WITHIN NUMBERS AS WELL AS BY REMAINING IN GROUPS, WE COULD BETTER BATTLE PREDATION, BETTER SAFEGUARD OUR ASSETS AND STUDY FROM ONE AN ADDITIONAL. THUS, IT REALLY PAYS TO ACHIEVE THE NECESSARY TRAITS TO ASSIST US TO GET ON. THIS IS ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATED APTLY WITHIN GAME CONCEPT – THE MATHEMATICAL CONCEPT THAT EXHIBITS HOW DEALING WITH OTHERS WILL HELP MAXIMIZE GAINS FOR THE ENTIRE.
THIS MAY BE WHY FUNCTIONS OF PROVIDING TRIGGER WITH THE ACTUAL RELEASE ASSOCIATED WITH FEEL GREAT HORMONES SUCH AS OXYTOCIN AS WELL AS SEROTONIN. IT MAY ALSO EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY MORE INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUALS ARE ACTUALLY OFTEN PRONE TO GIVE.
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THE NEUROLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE, THIS DISCHARGE OF ENDORPHINS COULD BE THE RESULT IN OUR THEORY ASSOCIATED WITH MIND, COUPLED WITH MIRROR NEURONS. MIRROR NEURONS TEND TO BE NEURONS WHICH FIRE ONCE THEY WITNESS (OR IMAGINE) SOMETHING HAPPENING TO ANOTHER PERSON. THIS MAY BE THE NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATION FOR SYMPATHY.
THEORY ASSOCIATED WITH A MIND AT THE SAME TIME IS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CREATE THAT PERMITS US TO PREDICT THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE PLANNING OR HOW THEY WILL ACT. ITS THIS THAT GIVES ALL OF US OUR ‘SOCIAL IQ’ AS WELL AS ESSENTIALLY ENABLES THOSE REFLECTION NEURONS TO BECOME MORE ‘ACCURATE’.
QUITE SIMPLY THEN, WHILE ALL OF US HAVE ‘IN-BUILT’ ALTRUISM AS WELL AS SELFLESSNESS – MANY PEOPLE MIGHT BECOME MORE PREDISPOSED TO THIS SORT OF THINKING BECAUSE OF DIFFERENCES WITHIN BRAIN FRAMEWORK. AND A FAR MORE INTELLIGENT PERSON WILL PROBABLY HAVE A MUCH BETTER ABILITY IN ORDER TO A) TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACTIONS AS WELL AS B) REALIZE THE RAMIFICATIONS THAT THEIR OWN ACTIONS MAY HAVE ON SOMEONE ELSE AND EXACTLY HOW THAT COULD MAKE SAID INDIVIDUAL FEEL.
NOTE AS WELL THAT MANY PEOPLE SIMPLY MAY ACTUALLY LACK THIS PARTICULAR ABILITY. PSYCHOPATHY IS REALLY A CLINICAL CONDITION CHARACTERISED THROUGH THE COMPLETE INSUFFICIENT EMPATHY AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING. AND SOMEBODY DOESN’T NEED TO BE A MURDERER TO BECOME A PSYCHOPATH! AN EX WHO HAD BEEN HAPPY IN ORDER TO CHEAT YOU WITHOUT DISPLAYING REMORSE COULD BE AN AUTHENTIC PSYCHOPATH, AS MAY A FRIEND WHO STEPS IN YOUR TOES TO GET AHEAD.
NATURAL GIVING AS WELL AS CALCULATED AVARICE THERE TEND TO BE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE LIKELY INVOLVED HERE AS WELL THOUGH. ONE FASCINATING FACTOR IS HOW THE LONGER ONE IS GIVEN TO CONSIDER SOMETHING, THE GREATER THE SELFISH THESE PEOPLE BECOME. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO GET ANYONE TO ACT AUTOMATICALLY, THEN THEY MAY DONATE CASH, OR TO COMPLETE US THE FAVOUR (2). THE REASON BEHIND THIS IS ACTUALLY THAT EVEN THOUGH INTELLIGENCE IS REALLY A PREDICTOR ASSOCIATED WITH GENEROSITY, THIS REALLY IS STILL SOMETHING PRIMARILY RULED BY FEELING.
HOW TO COPE WITH SELFISHNESS WITH ALL OF THIS IN THOUGHTS THEN, HOW CAN YOU GO ABOUT COPING WITH SELFISH INDIVIDUALS AND STOPPING THEM THROUGH HARMING A PERSON?
ONE SOLUTION IS MERELY TO IDENTIFY THEIR SELFISHNESS AND ALSO TO, THEREFORE, DRIVE HARDER TO ENSURE YOU (AND OTHERS) TEND TO BE FAIRLY HANDLED. WE TEND TO BE COURTEOUS TO OTHER PEOPLE AND PARTICULARLY IF WE TEND TO BE EMPATHETIC AS WELL AS THOUGHTFUL INDIVIDUALS. THIS CAUSES IT TO BE UNFORTUNATELY SUPER EASY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE THE MOST OF US AND THUS WHEN WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY SELFISH NATURALLY, WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF US WORK ADDITIONAL HARD TO ENSURE OUR TONE OF VOICE IS HEARD WHICH WE OBTAIN OUR ‘SHARE’.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, IT’S HELPFUL TO CONSIDER THE ACTUAL PERSON’S ACTIONS FROM THE DETACHED PERSPECTIVE. WHILE IT MAY SEEM FRUSTRATING AS WELL AS MALICIOUS, ULTIMATELY THEY'RE LACKING THE ACTUAL PROCESSING POWER THAT YOU'RE PRIVY TO WHICH WILL
PROBABLY BE TO THEIR OWN DETRIMENT. DO NOT GET HUNG ON HOW THESE PEOPLE ‘SHOULD’ END UP BEING THINKING AS WELL AS INSTEAD TAKE THEM WITH REGARD TO WHO THEY'RE AND DISCOVER WAYS TO HANDLE THEM.
ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN DO THAT WOULD BE TO HELP CLARIFY HOW THINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED FAIRLY. INTRODUCE SYSTEMS TO AVOID A ‘FIRST ARRIVE, FIRST SERVED’ STRATEGY AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS TEND TO BE DIVVIED AWAY EQUALLY. IF THAT INDIVIDUAL PROTESTS, TRY TO DESCRIBE THINGS OUT OF YOUR PERSPECTIVE. FAILING WHICH, POINT OUT FOR THEM HOW PROVIDING AN IN. NOW MAY ULTIMATELY BECOME MORE BENEFICIAL FOR THE TWO OF YOU IN THE LONG RUN. RELATED:
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FOOTNOTES [1] WHAT CAUSES SELFISHNESS? - HOW TO DEAL WITH SELFISH PEOPLE [2] WEBSTAGRAM - INSTAGRAM PHOTOS AND VIDEOS VIEWER 436 VIEWS · VIEW UPVOTERS