a night of revision

seems crappy eh.. revising and blogging..

this subject is quite impactful... weird description?

"social psychology" is something very real in our lives.. basically everything we study in it happens to all of us... it is simply like theorizing our lives... and this relates to my concept of empathy...

it wouldn't seem natural to still believe that people can be kind by nature since we live in a very practical "real world"; at least not in everybody's perspective.

still, as i reflect, observe and see people around... is it true that people have no empathy and are simply unfeeling.. i tend to feel not... and i insist in my opinion.. i feel that.. people (myself included i suppose?) tend to have "hardened" hearts, or possibly "doubtful" and "fearful" hearts.. that's why, we refuse to acknowledge empathy that we all do have for people.. be it friends, family, colleagues.. or anyone... it's like when you see something happening.. whether you act on a response.. don't we all feel that pinch somewhere in our hearts or minds? that little pinch is what i call empathy for people...

"social psych" talks so much about what influences opinions, behaviors, interpretations... about how we draw the equation of what situations or people mean to us... which implies the obvious, that it's all socially constructed...

it can be scary.. and studying this subject makes me revisit my "lifelong" opinion that there's a fine line between being skeptical and realistic or optimistic..

when we become sensitive to break down issues into little components.. we start to understand the possible "whys" and so we recognize the existence of variables that causes opinions and behaviors.. and.. so what could be distinctively right or wrong? it's wrong to kill but if somebody attacks and you retaliate and kill another.. who's responsible? this may be a litttle extreme...

but it's like.. understanding the flow of society, but uncontrollably still being led by the flow... what's a schema and a stereotype? what's "just" or simply the "preferred"? man.. so many questionable issues.. obedience = following instructions = correct, but if instruction were wrong, the obeyer would be at fault?

when we visit the issue of attraction... opposite attracts? or the underlying similarities makes the difference? perception of attractiveness is yet another issue altogether.. but again, is there a biological component that is is "common" standard? well, it seemed to be so in some studies..

man.. social psych.. it's so logical, yet so "big"...