Shame
Shame is one of those emotions that we will do anything to avoid. It takes your breath away, makes you sick, and makes you want to disappear. We will shame other people to avoid it. We will lie, isolate ourselves and look for any way to disappear so we don't feel it....
Diary of Emotions
When you were a teenager, you could keep a journal and hide it under your mattress. It was a place to confess one's struggles and fears without judgment or punishment. It was probably good to get all these thoughts and feelings out of my head and onto paper. The world...
Ascha’s experiment
Solomon Asch conducted an experiment (1951) to investigate the extent to which social pressure from the majority can influence an individual to conform. Experiments have shown how a person's own opinion is influenced by the opinion of the group. Asch found that people...
Social anxiety
Many people feel nervous or anxious from time to time, such as when giving a speech or interviewing for a new job. But social anxiety disorder (SAD) or social phobia is more than just shyness or occasional nerves. STR involves an intense fear of certain social...
Proactivity
There are two methods of solving any situation. You can be proactive and get ahead of whatever your day is planning. Or you can be reactive and watch your day unfold before choosing a course of action. The point is that there is no right or wrong way to handle a...
E. Thorndike’s social intelligence
The term "social intelligence" is usually associated with the concept of intelligence developed by the eminent psychologist Edward Thorndike. Thorndike's principle suggests that responses that are immediately followed by pleasure are more likely to be repeated. The...