From your experience, what do you think are the reasons for antagonistic behavior? I'm talking about people in real life who, whenever they get an "audience," have this annoying habit of handing out "put-downs" and slurs as if it's humorous to them.
Or, the people in forums who consistently post just insulting slurs, intended to enrage or bait others.
What is it about their character that drives them to do this? Is something lacking, and if so, what?
2007-03-15 09:29:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
This may sound simple but, here are some of my theories.
1. Insecurity
2. To make themselves feel superior or actually thinking they ARE superior.
3. Fear of trying to say something smart and sounding ignorant.
4. To be noticed (Getting attention)
5. To get a laugh.
6. Ignorance.
7. being a bully.
8. treating other people the way they, themselves have always been treated.
or last but not least
9. They really just don't like people.
2007-03-15 09:45:25 · answer #1 · answered by Havana Brown 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Antagonistic Behavior
2016-10-03 03:40:02 · answer #2 · answered by veles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Causes for antagonistic behavior?
From your experience, what do you think are the reasons for antagonistic behavior? I'm talking about people in real life who, whenever they get an "audience," have this annoying habit of handing out "put-downs" and slurs as if it's humorous to them.
Or, the people in...
2015-08-19 00:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by Nanette 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it can I know a few people that I was close to were down on their life and things that happened to them made them nasty with their words and they would lash out because they were going through a breakup in a relationship etc.. etc...and they wanted to take out their anger, despair, frustration on people that were not hurting around them that had peace nasty people really .....
2016-03-14 16:21:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a genuine desire to tell it like it is. Injecting the truth with humor draws more attention to the message and helps make it more thought-provoking. It's a little judgmental to say that another person is intending to insult, rage, or bait others.
2007-03-15 11:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Fear. They are faced with something new and don't know what to do. In the past, humor has worked, so they make fun. How they make fun, what they consider humorous depends a lot on what they were taught was acceptable. So we have autonomic nervous system and socialization combined to produce these folks.
2007-03-15 09:43:10 · answer #6 · answered by jelesais2000 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I was a Psychology MAJOR in college. You are trying to read WAY more into people's personalities than you should based on one dimensional interaction with them (on a computer answers forum).
2007-03-15 11:10:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2007-03-15 09:40:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
i think they find humor in the reactions of others
2007-03-15 09:41:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
they are usually just sad
2007-03-15 09:50:47 · answer #10 · answered by sam_alot 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋