the psychology of human relationships. why is there a need to study human relationships?
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The PsychologyThe Psychologyof of
Human Human RelationshipsRelationships
Why is there a needWhy is there a needto study to study human human
relationshipsrelationships??
Why study Human Relationships?
Society is based on how people interact with one another, how they work, live, and play together. By our very nature, humans are social creatures.
Why study Human Relationships?
The study of human relationships helps us understand the society around us, and how it serves some, while sometimes neglecting others.
With this understanding, we can better understand how we impact others, and how others impact us…
Why study Human Relationships?
The study of human relationships helps us understand the society around us, and how it serves some, while sometimes neglecting others.
With this understanding, we can better understand how we impact others, and how others impact us…
Most of us are probably allured by the attractive notion that effortless relationships exist.
Is it possible to maintain fulfilling relationships without the absence of thought for others? Why or why not?
Whether it be happily-ever-after marriages, or friendships which last forever, or parent/child bonds which supersede the need to understand each other, we'd all like to believe that our most intimate relationships are unconditional, and strong enough to withstand whatever may come.
However, at some point in our lives most of us need to face the fact that relationships require effort (sometimes selfless effort) to keep them strong and positive, and that even wonderful, strong relationships can be destroyed by neglect.
How can How can perceivedperceived altruism altruism be seen as a be seen as a biological adaptationbiological adaptation??
(BLOA 3.2, BLOA 3.3, PoHR 1.1, PoHR 1.2, PoHR 2.1, PoHR 2.2)
How can this biological How can this biological explanation help us to explanation help us to
understand how or understand how or why we why we behave a certain way in behave a certain way in familial relationshipsfamilial relationships??
(BLOA 3.2, BLOA 3.3, PoHR 1.1)
What are limitations to this What are limitations to this biologically engineered biologically engineered
theorytheory??(BLOA 3.2, BLOA 3.3, PoHR 1.1)
