What Innately Drives Human Behaviour
What do you think drives human behaviour?
Neuroscientists have found that at the level of the brain, it appears quite simple.
There are two ancient neural circuits within our limbic system that drive human behaviour – reward and threat circuits.
In other words, the brain’s primary objective is to ensure our own survival by driving behaviour to first move away from the threat and second move towards the reward.
We tend to avoid whatever we perceive as a potential threat or pain – whether real or imagined, and we generally want to go toward reward or pleasure – things or people that make us feel good and that will give us some type of benefit or advantage in life.
Furthermore, our social concerns are the primary motivators of our behaviours in relation to our perception of threat or reward.
I’m sure you’ve heard before that we are “social” beings.
The reason is that we have a deeply “social brain”.
An increasing number of studies have shown that we are hardwired to decipher and respond to social cues and some important ones we respond most strongly to – with either moving toward or away from, include:
- Status – our sense of importance relative to others.
Threats to our status or confirmation of our status strongly influence the way in which we perceive others and how we interact in social settings. We generally open up to, trust and befriend people who we perceive support/confirm our status. In contrast, those who appear to threaten/challenge our status, we make sure we stay away from them.
- Relatedness – our sense of connection to and security with another person.
We tend to trust, have empathy and are willing to cooperate and collaborate with people we perceive similar to us, and we distrust and feel less empathy toward those we perceive different from us.
Just to make things more complicated both status and relatedness are connected to each other and also influence each other.
So now, I invite you to observe the people you hang out with and reflect on how these people affect your status and relatedness. The more you become aware of how people support or challenge your status and sense of belonging, the more you’ll understand why certain individuals push your buttons…
In Nutshell:
We have a fundamental need to belong and are very sensitive to social context – in particular to people who threaten our status.
Our desire to remain in good standing with our social group and avoid exclusion is one of the strongest determinants that drive our everyday behaviour.
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