Social Psychology

Often we come across people who place some direct request. We agree to that without showing any resistance. This behavior on our part shows compliance to the demands presented to us.

Asch, Asha, social psychology, conformity, compliance, independence, social influence

Though we often talk about self as one whole identity, we display multiple selves. We choose to present ourselves depending on a situation.

Love is the highest form of affiliation and attraction. However, the researchers ignored this area for a long time. Love was always considered as too mysterious to be studied scientifically.

Intimacy is not the same as love. It goes beyond the concept of love and can be experiences in all contexts of love.Intimacy refers to the sharing of one’s innermost being. This sharing makes the relationship whole. It is generally expressed in the form of caring behavior.

Imagine that you have to describe a stranger whom you talked for some 5 min. would you confine your description to just the physical appearance or you would go further and add some of your inferences which may not be correct.

Healthy self-esteem improves health, sociability and a general attitude towards life. It is never too late to start loving yourself.

People with low self-esteem are everywhere in the world. Most of them are not happy with what they are and are depressed due to that. While others portray themselves as supirior and above others.

In any interpersonal communication the receiver of the communication tends to base the intentions of the sender on the non- verbal cues he receives. Thus it becomes important to study the effective use of non-verbal cues.

We all like to think ourselves as helping person. But many times we do not notice situations demanding help or we chose not to ignore.