1. Positive and Negative Social Behavior
Edita Stončiūtė,
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2. Contents Liking Loving Aggression Prosocial behavior
How to deal with anger

3. Liking and loving
Factors that initially attract two people to each other:
Proximity
Exposure
Similarity
Physical attractiveness

4. Characteristics of love
Interest in another
Fantasizing about the other
Rapid swings of emotion
Passion
Closeness
Fascinaion
Sexual desire
Intense caring
Idealization of other

5. Types of love
Passionate love
Companionate love

6. According to Sternberg, love has three main components:
Decision/ commitment
Intimacy
Passion

7. Aggression Approaches to agressive behavior: Instinct approaches.
Approaches to agressive behavior:
Instinct approaches
Frustration approaches
Observational learning approaches

8. Instinct approaches
Zigmund Freud: aggression is a primary instinctual drive.
Konrad Lorenz: aggression is a fighting instinct; definition of catharsis

9. Frustration - aggression approaches
Frustration produces anger, leading to readiness to act aggressively.

10. Obsevational learning approaches
Social and environmental conditions can teach individuals to be aggressive.

11. Helping others
Diffusion of responsibility - the tendency for people to feel that responsibility for acting is shared, or diffused, among those present.

12. Altruism is helping behavior that is beneficial to others but clearly requires self - sacrifice.
Certain personality characteristic of helpers:
Self- assured
Sympathetic
Emotionally understanding
Have great empathy

13. How to deal with anger?

14. Conclusions
Social psychology considers person’s interaction with other people, positive and negative social behavior. Feelings for others and positive behavior are very important in every individual’s life and cause positive emotions. In contrast, aggression and hurting others are unacceptable behavior.

15. References
Robert S. Feldman. Understanding Psychology. 9th Edition. McGraw- Hill, Inc