2006-10-19 22:05:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Jealousy typically refers to the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that occur when a person believes a valued relationship is being threatened by a rival. The word jealousy stems from the French jalousie, formed from jaloux (jealous), and further from Low Latin zelosus (full of zeal), and from the Greek word for "ardour, zeal" (with a root connoting "to boil, ferment"; or "yeast").
Jealousy is a familiar experience in human relationships. It has been reported in every culture where researchers have looked. It has been observed in infants as young as 5-6 months old and in adults over 65 years old.
It has been an enduring topic of interest for scientists, artists, and theologians. Psychologists have proposed several models of the processes underlying jealousy and have identified individual differences that influence the expression of jealousy. Sociologists have demonstrated that cultural beliefs and values play an important role in determining what triggers jealousy and what constitutes socially acceptable expressions of jealousy. Biologists have identified factors that may unconsciously influence the expression of jealousy. Artists have explored the theme of jealousy in photographs, paintings, movies, songs, plays, poems, and books. Theologians have offered religious views of jealousy based on the scriptures of their respective faiths. Despite its familiarity, however, people define jealousy in different ways. Some even mislabel it as being protective of something or someone, when the fact is, it's really simply jealousy itself; and many feel they do not possess effective strategies for coping with this jealousy
2006-10-19 22:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by ☺♥? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a huge lack of confidence. If a person believe in him of herself they won't be jealous. What it is nót. is a sign of caring. So, don't let someone tell you he of she is jealous because they love you so much.
2006-10-20 05:12:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simply a competition, a feeling of competing... if you really think deep about it, it summed up into those two words :)
2006-10-20 05:07:54 · answer #3 · answered by Tank D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jealousy is the result of insecurity.
2006-10-20 11:01:46 · answer #4 · answered by June smiles 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
unhappiness over the achievement of others
2006-10-20 05:17:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
anger because someone else has what you want.
2006-10-20 05:06:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I dunno
2006-10-20 05:11:09 · answer #7 · answered by akband 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋