Psychology behind it - Perry

• One assumption of the cognitive approach is

  • behavior and emotions are influciented by social contexts , enviroment and social contexts (situations)
• A asumption is that the presence of others whether implied or imagined affects Behavior and Emotions
• EMPATY : The person abiliy to understand thougths , feeling and experices of another person
• Oxytocin : A hormone that acts as a neurotransmitter and it hasplays a important role in social bonding

  • It promotes prosocial and approach behaciors
  • Also called "Love Hormone"
• Confortable interpersonal Distance

  How close will you allow someone to come close to you depending on who they are (friend , family ,stranger or object)

  • The distance between a individual and another person
• Background

  Perry et al, was interested in whether oxytocin affected people ,depending on their level of empathy
• • The study aimed to examine how oxytocin administration influences interpersonal distance preferences in individuals with varying levels of empathy.
• Aim

  To investigate how oxytocin affects preferred interpersonal distance for those scoring high or low in empathy traits.