Question

Why do superstitious behaviors develop? and persist? Results re: Knock Wood! What does human interaction have to do with how human personality develops? All components of See Aggression…..Do Aggression!

Answer 1

It is known that behavior of any kind is due to the learning. Learning takes place from our childhood. When we are born we have no learning, we are blank. As we grow we observe and learn things. So we can say that superstitious behavior is also learnt. We observe others and try to make associations with it. As we can see conditioning is taking place. We condition ourselves by associating. We get positive and negative reinforcement. We get rewards and we get punishments. If we are always getting rewarded then the behavior persists, but if we are punished we are inhibited.

Human or social interaction has an important role in human personality. We again find here, that people try to associate with certain behaviors that the society appreciates. Everyone has a role model who he observes and takes up and learns his behavior. When we interact with people we make sure our personality is polished and appears good. So that we are accepted by the society.

Aggression is a behavior that ranges from physical and psychological harm. This behavior and its outcomes are basically harming others or one self. Physical harm may be a fist fight. Aggression can also be verbal like saying something that makes others feel low, abusing. This verbal aggression may lead to the other persons psychological harm.