Beundring

Beundring af William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1897

Beundring er en social følelse, der føles overfor personer, der har kompetencer, talent eller evner, der anses at overgå sædvanlige standarder. Admiration facilitates social learning in groups Beundring kan være motiverende for selvudvikling gennem læring fra rollemodeller.

Beundring kan medføre, at den person, der beundres modtager en særlig positiv opmærksomhed.

Noter

  1. ^ Algoe, S. B., & Haidt, J. (2009). Witnessing excellence in action: The ‘other-praising’emotions of elevation, gratitude, and admiration. The journal of positive psychology, 4(2), 105–127.
  2. ^ Haidt, J., & Seder, P. (2009). Admiration and Awe. Oxford Companion to Affective Science (pp. 4–5). New York: Oxford University Press.
  3. ^ Smith, R. H. (2000). Assimilative and contrastive emotional reactions to upward and downward social comparisons. Handbook of social comparison: Theory and research, 173–200.