2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
You may have noticed that you often tend to look for flaws in other people and react violently to the slightest problem. Don't worry, that doesn't make you a bad person. On the contrary, this line of thought is absolutely normal. And psychologists understood why.
Psychologists have stated long ago that we judge others very harshly, especially if they have done something bad. We easily blame them and scold them more often than we praise them. Now this fact has not only been confirmed, but also been able to explain.
New research has shown that humans are much more emotionally responsive to bad actions others have done. Therefore, it is easier for us to accuse and scold someone than to dare to give a compliment.
It turns out that in order to praise a person, we need to use the area of the brain that is responsible for analytical thinking. But for insults and condemnation, pure emotions and spontaneous feelings are enough.
Scientists have studied the behavior of people, as well as the processes taking place in their brain at this moment. More than 600 people read stories with good and bad endings and answered common questions. Twenty other subjects did the same, but their brains were checked using functional MRI.
Tales of bad people or negative outcomes triggered violent reactions in the amygdala, the emotional center of the brain. Positive actions triggered the analysis process, and the amygdala was not involved at all.
Study co-author Scott Huettel, professor of psychology, notes that praise and blame are therefore not two sides of the same coin. These are completely different processes that require opposite efforts of the brain.
Perhaps this is the case, because good actions are not so important for us to notice as bad ones.
People need to see the negative in order to correct it and thus become better and develop.
The researchers suggest that their discovery may affect more than just the understanding of human relationships. They expect that the result of their work will change the perception of the work of the jury, because here the human factor and the ability to evaluate the actions of others are of paramount importance.
The next time you want to judge and blame a person for all the troubles, remember: these are pure emotions. Wait a bit, exhale and let the think tank work. This is due to a too violent reaction and a hasty verdict. Apply the latest advances in psychology in practice, especially if you are in a difficult situation.
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