There are so many proverbs and sayings in the Russian language with the word arrogance: “Insolence is the second happiness”, “Give the impudent free rein - he will want more.” This word is mentioned several times even in the Bible, but what does it mean?
Meaning of the word
The noun "impudence" is a word derived from the adjective "insolent". Denotes a character trait akin to impudence and audacity. It manifests itself in a direct, point-blank gaze, raising the voice or tone, or trying to confuse the interlocutor in any way. Most often the result of impunity and a sense of security, a feeling of superiority over others due to high social status, self-confidence or despair.
For other people, impudence causes contempt, irritation, or a desire to counteract.
The word “impudence” comes from the Old Russian “insolence”. The meaning of the word then was somewhat different - “fast, quick.” Knowing this, you look differently at the established expression: “Look, how fast!” You can safely say: “Look, how impudent!” - and the meaning will not change.
The main signs of impudence
Who is most often called an impudent person? After all, this quality has very wide and blurred boundaries. Some call impudence arrogance, while others call it excessive confidence.
So, an arrogant person is one who is characterized by the following qualities:
- complete disregard for the opinion of society, the norms established by it, if the latter stand in the way of achieving the goal;
- without a shadow of embarrassment a person can take what does not belong to him if he wants;
- The impudent person puts his own interests above all else. He has no love for children or women. If a person needs it, he will “go over the heads”;
- if an arrogant person is reprimanded, he will remain silent or begin to be rude, but will not change his behavior tactics;
- there is no sense of shame at all, and you don’t care what you think about;
- persistent and demanding, there is also the expression “takes impudently”;
- constantly interferes in the affairs of others, while imposing a point of view, even when not asked.
Is being arrogant good or bad?
Of course, if arrogance is something similar to a lack of shame or self-confident impudence, then it is bad for others. But today, when the world belongs to self-confident people, the word “arrogance” also means complete confidence in the actions performed by a person. The main thing is not to be unceremonious towards your opponents. In this vein, this concept has a positive connotation.
The antagonism of “positive” arrogance will be uncertainty in own strength and fear of taking a step towards changing your life. At their core, arrogance and self-doubt are sides of the same coin.
Uncertainty and arrogance: are they close?
So what does the word “arrogance” mean? Its meaning becomes clearer if we break down arrogance as a manifestation into its components. It immediately becomes clear that an insolent person is often just an insecure person. Only in order to prove to himself and others that this is not so, an insecure person begins to show impudence.
He has an exaggerated sense of “importance,” and in order to confirm to himself that he is irreplaceable and priceless, the insolent person (read: insecure) seeks to humiliate others in order to rise in his own eyes. No one to humiliate? And the locker will come, we’ll kick it, there’s no point in standing in the way of such an “important” person. And the insolent person asserts himself out of fear of experiencing humiliation. Note that an insolent person will never humiliate a person if he feels strength and power in advance. slows him down.
When arrogance comes into conflict with wisdom, it is like a meeting between an elephant and Moska. A wise elephant does not need to assert himself; he is confident in himself and his strength. That's why he's so calm. And the mongrel always barks, but every muscle inside her trembles. She, having overcome her fear, asserts herself.
One thing the insolent person cannot understand for himself is that “strength” that rests on the “weakness” of those around him is worthless. In fact, strength lies in the ability to achieve one’s own without pressure and humiliation of others, weaker ones. Arrogance is a complete lack of understanding of yourself and your needs.
Why do we get annoyed by other people's impudence?
What is an irritant for everyone is what lives in us and we do not like or are forbidden. In other words, the impudence of another person irritates us because it lives within us. We ourselves would be happy to assert ourselves at the expense of others, but we do not like it when they assert themselves at our expense.
But being insolent is not so bad if we hold back this trait within ourselves, suppress it and release it out in the form of confidence. As soon as self-understanding comes, other people's impudence, the meaning of which becomes clear to us, ceases to irritate us.
What benefits can it bring?
If you have “positive” arrogance, it can even help you in some way. There are five aspects positive influence this quality on you and your life:
- Your self-esteem will increase. Often, public opinion and clichés hammered into it in childhood prevent a person from taking action. And if there is also self-doubt in one’s own abilities, then the fear of getting the opinion that you are just an impudent person restrains a person from moving forward. Spontaneous actions help increase your self-esteem (the main thing is that the actions are not aimed at harming another person).
- Your situation will improve. Having done it, we often reproach ourselves and feel guilty, but time passes and we understand that this one was the most correct one. This means that arrogance is what helped solve a situation that was simply impossible to solve in any other way.
- Life begins to change. Read and you will notice how many examples there are when such “arrogant”, thoughtless, actions carried out on intuition led to a radical change in the entire course of life. His career began to take off, his wealth grew, and success came. And people simply did what others considered unacceptable. That is, they were insolent.
- The desired is achieved. People often discuss other people's requests. It so happened that in our time it is believed that asking means humiliation, and if you also ask for yourself, then this is simply unacceptable impudence. But successful people They look at the request completely differently. You just have to ask the right people and in the right way.
- Emergence of persistence in action. Often others mistake our persistence for impudence. But is this right? Even the Bible says: “Knock and it will be opened to you.” And if the desired result is obtained and you celebrate the victory, then is the opinion of others so important?
Is it worth being arrogant?
If we consider the word “arrogance”, the definition of which comes from the point of view of the above aspects, then the word “insolent” thrown in the back will no longer sound like an insult, but as a recognition - you are on the right path, moving towards your goal. And people have always condemned and discussed those who stand out from the crowd.
If you know that you are acting for (your) good and not harming others, then what do you care about other people’s opinions? Just move towards your goal and don't be afraid to take risks.
Pay attention to their conversations. Don't eavesdrop, but when they speak to you or those nearby, listen carefully. Do they only talk about themselves? Do they get angry or irritated if they are no longer the center of attention? These are quite serious signs of arrogance.
- Arrogance and complacency often simply indicate a lack of life experience and a concern that those who have more of it "have an advantage over them." Instead of learning more, asking questions and learning something (which they perceive as weakness), insolent people tend to generalize from their limited experience and try to impose their narrow point of view on everyone else.
- Envy of your accomplishments or lifestyle may cause some to ostentatiously show superiority over you for things they think they do better or for things they have that you don't.
- Arrogant people feel a strong need to look good. If you make them look bad - even the slightest comment - their reaction is usually very aggressive. For example, if you question (or seem to question) their appearance, intelligence, athletic ability, or anything else related to their image.
Challenge their worldview. Don't be aggressive - just sound skeptical and inquisitive. If this upsets them, try to gauge the intensity of their anger. If it's minimal, they're just having a lousy day. But if they're angry, they feel like you're questioning their "perfect little world." Namely, the presence of such determines arrogance and impudence.
- At one point or another, people realize that the world does not revolve around them. Insolent people counter this in their own way: they create an atmosphere that revolves around them, and get angry if they are reminded of reality.
- Ambiguity frightens bold people because it suggests imperfection, change, or a lack of confidence (realities we struggle with as best we can). That is, instead of accepting that our world is unpredictable and sometimes things don’t happen the way we want them to, an arrogant person tries to control everyone and everything. And this, in turn, is an impossible mission.
- Reality can hurt; Therefore, insolent people are not very prone to reflection and introspection, thus they do not notice their own flaws. They may also take credit for other people's accomplishments instead of considering other people's contributions and circumstances.
Find out the value of their friendship. There is no need to pry into other people's affairs or gossip, but if one day they are inseparable friends with someone, and the next person already hates each other, this is a sign that they have many friends before the first disaster. This is also a sign of impudence and arrogance, because it is difficult to be a good friend to someone who is fixated on himself. Arrogant people feel the need to look good and effective method to achieve this is self-sufficiency. Good friend He is always obliged to help, which is why they cannot even bear the thought of reliable friendship.
- Oddly enough, insolent people often cannot understand why they do not have reliable and supportive friends.
How do they treat those who are different from them? In other words, how do they treat people of different views, cultural origin or those who see the world differently? If the attitude is essentially negative, then they are either indifferent to others or tend to avoid those who oppose their illusory world, which is focused exclusively on them. This can be determined by general outline their personality and the people they interact with.
- Many arrogant people are seriously convinced that there is only one correct opinion, and this opinion is their own. This is a defense mechanism for their false ideas or illusory world.
What is the essence of their personality? Pay attention to how they act, talk, and use their social status. Do they have “coolness” in the generally accepted sense? Maybe they are talkative? Do they act like they own everything or like "a player who has no chance of winning?" Are they very worried about their own image?
- Many insolent people have a false charm that no one seems to be able to see through. But insolent people are usually just happy to show off their unflattering side to those they don't like.
- When they act cruelly, their friends usually ignore it or simply do nothing to stop it. They are afraid that this may anger their so-called "friend".
Mention those who, how much you you know, I like too. Not to start a conflict, but to gauge their rivals' irritants and hostility. If their censure is justified and moderate, most likely they cannot be called insolent. If they immediately demonstrate harsh judgments, feel free to assign them to the arrogant type.
- For the most part, insolent people perceive people they don’t like as a threat to their ideal world. The more they hate someone, the more dangerous that person is to their land of illusions. And, in turn, the greater the threat, the stronger the criticism.
Ask around to find out what they say about you. If you hear bad things about yourself, maybe they just don't like you. If they smile in your face but say nasty things behind your back as if it's their favorite hobby, they most likely have pride issues.
- Insolent people usually subconsciously know that they do not have truly good friends. They compensate "quality with quantity", creating impression that they have many friends. Therefore, they simply insult their “trophy” friends when they don’t see it.
Be responsive. Don't judge insolent people harshly, or you risk developing the same negative views of the world as they do. Arrogant people often try to hide their weak spots and fears. For the most part, the need for a strong and undeniable self-presentation stems from deep-seated pain. Obviously, you should also not give in to their assurances of superiority over you. Behave in a principled and detached manner. But you can establish contact and see sincere goodness in them, praise real merits, and not imaginary talents. Sometimes, if you get through the feigned rudeness, you can free a person and allow him to be himself, not to block himself so violently.
- Huge vulnerability can be hidden behind arrogance. This leads to overcompensation aimed at suppressing vulnerability. For example, if a arrogant person grows up poor but later becomes rich, he or she becomes a snob about everything they can afford because they are covering up fears of poverty from the past.
Impudent and unceremonious people interfere with your life as if it were their personal territory. For them there are no boundaries, prohibitions and decency. They command, criticize, demand obedience, and are rude with full confidence that they have the right to do so. There are only two acceptable options for behavior with such people: either resolutely avoid communicating with them, or put them in their place.
Ignore the insolent
If an insolent person pesters you with his comments, insults and harassment on the street, in transport or in any other public place, you can simply walk away from such communication and do it absolutely calmly, without uttering a word. Remember that you are not obligated to respond to all remarks and questions addressed to you. Complete lack of reaction is the best answer to an insolent person. Ignore him and you won't give him the gift he's been waiting for. After all, he is waiting for your reaction - it doesn’t matter whether it is embarrassment, confusion or rudeness on your part. All that matters to him is to get you mad in one way or another. Deep down in his soul he feels inferior, he has low self-esteem, and this is the only way he can feel significant and feel his power. So let him see that he has no power over you, for you he is nobody, an empty place. Don't let an insolent person assert himself at your expense.
Just laugh
If it is not possible to completely avoid communication (for example, this is a fellow traveler on a transport with whom, whether you like it or not, you have to stay close for some time), playing the silent game may turn out to be rather difficult, you will begin to tense up willy-nilly, and become insolent towards your with joy he will feel that he has finally “gotten” you. In this case, you can react to the actions of the impudent person, but not at all in the way he expects, but in exactly the opposite way. For example, instead of answering his tactless questions, you can smile and say in the softest, most pleasant voice: “You are so kind and well-mannered, it’s rare to meet such a nice person...” And if he swears, screams or openly insults you, smile again or even laugh, start clapping your hands and exclaiming: “Bravo! Bravo!" Don't take the impudent person seriously - it's just bad well-mannered person With low level culture. The fact that he behaves this way is his problem, not yours. Turn everything into a game that you might even end up enjoying.
Don't hesitate to fight back
The situation is a little different when we have to communicate with an impudent, unceremonious person more or less constantly. For example, he is your neighbor or work colleague. It is important to immediately stop his attempts to get into your life. This must be done calmly but firmly. Unfortunately, it often happens that we automatically answer someone's questions before we have time to realize that this is not necessary. For example, an unceremonious neighbor comes to your house without an invitation, begins to look at your things and asks where you got so much money to buy them. Control yourself, do not rush to answer. It’s better to avoid answering with a counter question, for example: “Do you ask everyone these questions?” or “What else are you interested in knowing about me?” You can directly say that you do not intend to answer, do not want to communicate. You can clearly point to the door. But try to do without swearing and screaming, these reactions require too much nervous energy, save your energy. And you shouldn’t stoop to the level of insolence; your self-esteem may suffer from this.
Don’t forget that the most effective way to protect yourself from impudence and insolence is to learn to say “no.” With this word you will put an invisible but reliable barrier between yourself and the insolent person pestering you. He gets into your soul, asks to visit you, demands that you do something for him or for him - say a firm “no”. He shouts - say that you do not intend to communicate in such a tone. If he already goes beyond all limits, threatens or does nasty things to you, remember that you have the right to sue him or at least warn him that you can do this. Arrogant people are often cowardly at heart, and this technique can help curb them.
Workshop
If you are endlessly annoyed by some arrogant and unceremonious person, learn, as soon as you see him approaching, to mentally place yourself under an imaginary glass bell. Another way to do this is to imagine that you are placing it under a glass bell. And begin to look at him with curiosity, as if through glass, without listening to what he says.
You can think about something of your own and at the same time assent and smile. He will quickly get tired of pestering you.
If, when communicating with an impudent person, you feel that everything is boiling inside, and you cannot maintain calm, remember that holding back your emotions is harmful to your health. If you really want to make a scandal, make a scandal! But just don't do it in all seriousness. Imagine that you are an actor who plays a scandal on stage or in a TV series. Enjoy the game – and express your emotions to the fullest!
And remember that if other methods do not work, you always have the right to sharply rebuff the insolent person. And don't be afraid to seem impolite.
About the mental phenomenon “arrogance”
Manifestations of impudence have been little studied from the standpoint of psychophysiology. The article will show that this is an important mark of the stage of passing the process of forming any skills, a side effect of a skill that is not yet quite confidently developed in conditions of the urgent need to obtain the desired result with certain obstacles to this.
The word “arrogance” in everyday life is clearly shocking in nature, but should not interfere with the correct consideration of its psychophysiological background, and there is no reason yet to choose a more euphonious, “scientific” term for it.
Of course, what the development of individual manifestations of arrogance into a style of arrogant behavior can lead to, goes far beyond the root causes, as happens with literally all the makings of adaptive mechanisms of creativity: art and science, which, in turn, are qualitatively divided into many types. So this article will only consider the primary mechanism and its manifestations.
Current understanding of the meaning of the word .
As a rule, the word arrogance is understood as daring behavior that encroaches on generally accepted norms, an expression of protest through scandalous (shocking) means.
Impudence (the original meaning of this word is “suddenness, speed, courage,” cf. the expression How dare you!) - audacity, impudence. Possible manifestations are increased tone, louder voice, looking straight into the eyes without looking away (piercing gaze, staring), attempts to somehow confuse the interlocutor, the use of lies, grinning, sticking out thumbs and wiggling them. It may be a consequence of self-confidence, high social status, another sense of superiority, despair, indignation, or consciousness of one’s safety. Typical reaction: irritation, contempt, opposition.
By the way, shocking characteristic avant-garde, and partly modernist (one way or another, but any destructive) art, however, refers “to extra-aesthetic and, even more so, extra-artistic reactions.” From a psychological point of view, shocking is one of the forms of demonstrative behavior.
Arrogance and self-doubt as two polarities
...Impudence- it's something like shamelessness and daring self-confident impudence, which borders on rudeness. Sometimes arrogance has a positive connotation when the emphasis is on confidence in the actions performed, and not in their unceremoniousness. In our time diffidence often contrasted with such “positive” arrogance.
With all this seemingly quite unambiguous understanding, the boundaries of the phenomenon turn out to be quite blurred, and the manifestations of arrogance themselves are controversial, if we do not consider how and why arrogance arises, at what time in the development of the individual it begins to manifest itself and what is the reason for this. Moreover, the phenomenon has almost not been studied from the position of psychophysiology, although a lot of literature provides purely empirical studies of the manifestations of arrogance in describing the periodization of the development of the organism. And these manifestations concern not only humans.
A specialized complex of brain regions that controls social behavior was first discovered in mammals, then in other land vertebrates, and even in fish. American biologists have shown that different groups of vertebrates have similar not only the structure of this complex, but also the nature of the work of key genes in it. Those differences that do exist affect to a greater extent the synthesis of signaling substances (neurotransmitters) and, to a lesser extent, the distribution of receptors that respond to these substances. Apparently, already the last common ancestor of ray-finned fish and terrestrial vertebrates had a socially oriented neural network, the basic structural and neurochemical properties of which changed very slowly during further evolution.
... The most amazing property of the SDM network is its evolutionary conservatism, that is, the extremely slow pace of evolutionary changes...the basic socially oriented tasks of all vertebrates are similar: to attract good sexual partners, to defeat competitors, to increase one’s social status, raise more healthy descendants... This fundamental similarity of life aspirations probably creates the prerequisites for the development of more or less universal socially oriented neural structures during evolution.
The commonality of the mechanisms of manifestation of arrogance and the existing factual materials allows us to systematize and specify the mechanism, thereby more correctly clarifying the formal definition. This is what will be done in this article.
Here are some illustrative examples of their empirical articles.
When a child is rude and bickering
Yes, children tend to be arrogant at times!... Most often, the reason for this behavior is that Small child he simply tests on his parents what he learned from television programs or heard from older children living in the neighborhood.
Even if your six-year-old child, when you put him to bed, shows great ability in an argument, proving that he is not yet tired at all, let him know that you know more. You can, of course, praise his manner of dialogue and promise that you will listen to him later, but at the same time point out that you still know better when he should go to bed.... Families where children do not hesitate to approach their parents in order to calmly presenting their arguments on a particular issue can be considered healthy families. However, even in such democratic families, where everyone can say what they think, there are situations when the last word must remain with the parents. If you find yourself in a situation in which you must demonstrate your power, then you need to immediately clearly determine that this is the moment, and then resolutely stop any discussion.
Hyperactivity - one of the most common behavioral dysfunctions that has a significant impact on the development of the child... age group up to 7 years of age, behavioral disorders in the form of hyperactivity with attention disorders are accompanied by delayed psychomotor development: a lag in the development of fine and gross motor skills, auditory and visual perception, etc. There is a slight transition from tears to laughter. Age-related interests, including intellectual ones (for example, to the contents and illustrations of books), may not be sufficiently developed. There are disturbances in social interactions, primarily with adults: children do not keep their distance, are familiar, and tend to be arrogant. Peers often reject such children because of their impulsiveness and outbursts of anger, inability to adhere to the rules in games, and sowing discord.
Hyperactivity is characteristic not only of developmental pathologies caused by internal factors, but also as initial period development of adaptive skills in any area and at any age. In this case, problems with attention and assessment of the significance of what is perceived in the context of the development of new ideas will have the specifics of the DVGA. The fact that this provokes manifestations of arrogance speaks of the conditions of insufficient sophistication, insufficient confidence and inability to be weighed judiciously in these new circumstances.
The teenage crisis is not as simple as it seems at first glance. There are different variants of manifestation, let us designate extreme cases: the teenage crisis of “excessive independence” (denial of authorities, negative behavioral manifestations, aggression, rudeness, the desire for independence by any means, stubbornness, arrogance, opposing oneself to others, etc.) and the teenage crisis “ excessive dependence" (complete lack of independence, dependence on other people, infantilism in views and behavior, the desire to be with everyone and "like everyone else", loyalty to authorities, the desire to be a "correct" child, a return to more childish interests, etc.)
Psychophysiology of the phenomenon .
Considering that the child goes through critical periods of development of brain structures, each of which is characterized by its own specificity of the best sensory activity (which is discussed on the parallel website Chronotope) and specific manifestations of mental reactions arise, it is possible to find the place of the beginning and development of manifestations of impudence.
The period of trusting learning is replaced by a period of playful trampling of authority. However, the origins of arrogance arise earlier, when there is an urgent need (no matter what the condition is), or rather, there is a dominant motivation that determines the context of behavior and demands that this behavior be performed at all costs.
What distinguishes this state from the commonly used understanding of the word “arrogance” is that the action is not hindered by any motivation that contradicts it, and it is carried out as soon as it arises. Of course, an annoyed parent may think about a child who literally ruined the clothes they just changed that this is impudence. But arrogance is active opposition to someone or something, provided by a subject who has shown such arrogance without a sufficiently confident forecast of the consequences. Although the baby has no forecast of consequences at all, he does not make a conscious volitional effort to overcome the internal conflict, his impudence is still involuntary.
During the period of playful violation of authority, there is already a baggage of perceived norms of behavior, which often turns out to be in conflict with the current dominant motivation, and there is still no confident forecast for how the attempt to violate the norm will end. If motivation exceeds the blocking influence of norms, it becomes possible to display impudence in behavior in all cases where there is no time or ability to comprehend the situation more creatively.
During the period of the end of trusting learning for the entire period of gaming trampling on authorities, the individual displays more decisive, revolutionary options for testing behavior with still very little life experience, cutting off many such options, which, of course, ends in tears in many attempts to gain extreme experience. This dependence is gradually corrected by the sad experience of unsuccessful attempts, leaving more conservative options viable. (see Revolutions are in vain in young countries)
So, arrogance is an attempt to take active action 1) in conditions of motivational dominance, 2) in conflict with previous experience, with 3) significant uncertainty (lack of a confident forecast) and 4) lack of time or comprehension skills. If the dominant exceeds uncertainty and moral taboos, then the action is performed.
It seems that such a definition, which formalizes the identified mechanisms of the psyche (a triggering stimulus in the context of active motivation, exceeding the risk of predicted consequences accessible to awareness) most fully correlates with the current understanding of the word “arrogance.”
Impudence is always an act of conscious will, requiring volitional effort to exceed limiting factors previous experience, if it has not already become a style of unconscious behavior.
Impudence is a step dictated not by reason (creative understanding of the situation with finding an acceptable course of action in the face of risks), but by an acute subjective need for action (see About dangers). This is aggression, first of all, in relation to one’s previous experience.
An impudent action that ends happily with the desired results receives a positive assessment (“impudence is the second happiness”) and this is where the dominant is exhausted, freeing up the area of awareness.
In case of failure, it is acquired negative experience, blocking such actions, but the motivational dominant may remain, more inclined to creative rather than extreme behavior.
In the case of a delay in action, the dominant can exist for years and develop as an unresolved, but very pressing problem, acquiring many subjectively produced assumptions, of which those that promise the desired result have a clear preference. This is the path of increasing subjectivism and inadequacy. This is the way of developing a fixed idea in conditions of conflict with carriers of unacceptable views, and, accordingly, with all the attributes of the development of paranoid schizophrenia, with obligatory conspiracy theories and with increased chances of irreparable mental disorders.
In attempts to justify the desired idea, with insufficient determination or the ability to implement it, more and more absurdity, obvious from an outside point of view, arises, mental defects that are not noticed by the bearer of an important idea.
Examples of manifestations of impudence and its consequences .
Anyone who has raised a child has encountered the situation of being unable to rationally explain something to him if the child still lacks the intermediate concepts necessary for understanding, but he really wants something to the point of impatience. There is a feeling of powerlessness, despite all the wisdom of the adult. When you persistently try to reason and explain something with the active impudence of bickering, sometimes such states arise that in addition to powerlessness a feeling of the absurdity of your own understanding of the situation is added, which, with accumulated fatigue and endless attempts to explain and counter bickering, can actually damage the psyche.
The child believes that the parent is wrong on some important issue for him, and tries to blatantly challenge the rightness with aggressive attempts to impose his naive ideas. In this case, accordingly, any reasoning arguments are useless. The two sides conflicting in this way differ in that the more experienced one easily sees the essence of the naive’s misconceptions, but cannot explain this due to the naive’s lack of intermediate ideas. The arrogant one, with the strength of his motivating dominant, eliminates everything that contradicts it, strengthens all positive forecasts for his idea, comes up with arguments in support, without noticing (not wanting to notice) what is contradictory. His confidence turns out to be no less than the confidence of an experienced person, despite the obvious inadequacy and untested idea in practice.
Many examples of arrogance can be easily found in the statements of naive oppositionists. Thus, they ardently convince themselves and others that there were 200 thousand participants at the “March of Millions” on June 12, 2012, not noticing that the capacity of the venue does not exceed 50 thousand, and an indication of infidelity only causes attempts to justify in any way, first of all, in your words, this figure and transfer the depravity of arrogant logic onto your opponents, attributing to them exactly what they themselves are incorrect in.
Characterized by impudence about Onishchenko, where the author is in a shocking form ( G. Onishchenko banned Russians eat sushi) complains that the country's chief doctor does not recommend eating sushi in a restaurant - as a result of checking these restaurants for compliance sanitary standards control of fish for helminths. As an additional argument against the country's out-of-mind top specialist, the author cites Onishchenko's deadly recommendation, in his opinion, not to be afraid to consume GMOs. The author, obviously for specialists, showed himself to be a complete layman in the issues raised, far from Onishchenko’s level of understanding, but some features of Onishchenko’s speech gave him reason to suspect him of absurdity and malicious intent. All the signs of impudence are present in this example.
One can cite and recall many examples of manifestations of arrogance in relation not to an opponent, but to inanimate deterrents. If you really need to jump over a fast current, but you are not sure that you will jump to the other bank, but you really need to, then this state of aggressive arrogance may arise with the commission of risky actions. The experience gained will correct ideas about the possible, but if you do not decide and develop these ideas, for example, in a strong desire to fly with the power of thought (or something paranormal), then a complex of inadequacies will arise, provoking multiple manifestations of arrogance that are already difficult to correct from -for a developed motivational dominant (fixed ideas).
Almost always, people who have achieved some heights in the development of professional skills are in many other ways perceived as ordinary, unremarkable, even repulsive people and, moreover, often demonstrate signs that are perceived negatively (eccentric professor, crazy scientist, etc.) .p.), which are sufficient grounds for those who in this area do not have ideas comparable in depth to try to challenge them, but have a pronounced motivation to aggressively challenge the undesirable.
Benefit-harm.
Dissatisfaction with the existing, giving rise to creativity, is positive for the adaptability of not only the individual, but also those associated with the common culture of other representatives of the species, but if this is combined with a motivational dominant that requires immediate action or the manifestation of one’s attitude in order to influence others, then an aggressive attempt arises subordination of one’s will, just as the will has already subordinated to the dominant the former conflicting with it personal experience. But the uncertainty generated by the lack of experience in such actions carries a very high probability of inadequacy, i.e. in most cases, such actions will be detrimental to the overall adaptability of the species. This is somewhat reminiscent of the situation with mutations, the vast majority of which are harmful and only a few, which turn out to be successful by chance, provide an evolutionary advantage.
In view of the overwhelming majority of inadequate outcomes of arrogant actions, arrogance is generally perceived negatively, so pointing out arrogance is perceived as an insult, although this should be a signal for the insolent person to come to his senses.
A revolutionary is a carrier of a motivational dominant, who has overcome its conflicts in himself and is trying to do this in relation to others. The results of revolutions have the most dire consequences for all who did not share the convictions and all who unwittingly found themselves under the destructive influence of the inadequacy of ideas. If the desire for innovation is mainly characteristic of a relatively early age, but arrogance can manifest itself at any age if the conditions for its occurrence are met.
In any country, at any level of democracy and prosperity, there is a percentage of people who are certain situations find themselves in conditions conducive to the manifestation of arrogance. It would not be correct to call them full-fledged oppositionists. These are naive oppositionists or insolent people.
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How to recognize manifestations of arrogance in yourself and others?
Unexpected manifestations of ardor in considering a problem, motivating the impudence of manifestations of this ardor, may in itself surprise the person showing arrogance, make him perplexed, but not give up the idea.
As already noted, from the point of view of sophisticated people, naivety is recognized instantly on the basis of experience and, accordingly, arrogance is recognized. There are no problems here: the teacher immediately sees the student’s mistake, no matter how he makes excuses. And he usually has sufficient skill and ability to overcome impudent resistance.
Once upon a time it was right to remain modest - many remember Soviet movies who brought up modesty and obedience in children. But of course, nothing stands still. Times change, morals change. To defend your opinion, to be unbending in your rules is one thing. But being arrogant is completely different. And although everyone has a clear idea of what arrogance is, defining this concept is still not easy.
We have all encountered, more than once, when people violate established norms of behavior, trying to get something for their own benefit. For example, they skip the queue when others have stood in it for a decent amount of time, and take away certain benefits from others on the basis of the rights of the stronger. So it turns out: arrogance solves problems, allows you to get what you want in a simpler way.
Signs of impudence:
- Neglect public opinion, established standards if it bothers you.
- An insolent person can take what does not belong to him without a shadow of embarrassment.
- An arrogant person considers his interests more important than yours; he will not wait, give way to ladies, cooze with children, or pay tribute to age. He needs to receive - that means he will receive, despite the fact that the interests of others will suffer.
- Even if someone begins to be indignant, he will not change his tactics: he will remain silent or begin to answer rudely. But he will not give up his actions.
- No shame. He doesn't care what you think.
- Presentation of unreasonable demands, excessive persistence. They also say “he takes it unceremoniously.”
- An insolent person interferes in other people's affairs, and can even impose his point of view.
- Insolence, attempts by rudeness to repel the desire to interfere with him.
It turns out that arrogance is the second happiness?
Looking at such “daredevils,” many also want to be “more daring”: this way, some goals are achieved easier, faster, and with fewer losses. But is it worth it?