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Each of us has encountered such people, communication with whom we immediately want to stop, and we often call such people egoists. But there are also self-centered people. What is what?
Egocentrism is the life philosophy of a person who is focused on his feelings, desires, interests, goals, while completely disrespecting other people's borders and being unable to put himself in the place of another.
Egocentrism is a learned life position that was formed in childhood. A small child is aware of himself as the center of the universe, where all people, objects and phenomena obey his desires and up to 7-10 years – this is absolutely normal. But children's egocentrism can be transformed into other personal characteristics. With the right upbringing – in respect for others, empathy, with the wrong-in indifference to others or demanding. It may take years to solve this problem, and various methods will be applied, such as gestalt therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, or dream psychoanalysis.
It's all very selfish, isn't it? Let's try to understand the difference!
The egocentric person believes that he is the center of his universe, he believes that he is so self-sufficient and developed that he does not need anyone else. Others with their own interests and problems mean nothing to him.
The egoist believes that he is the center of the entire universe and everyone is obliged to serve him. They should give their best, and neglect their interests and feelings to please him.
One thing is certain – neither egocentrists nor egoists know how to find inner harmony.
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Natalia Wagner
In everyday usage, ” egoist “is more common than” egocentric”, so most people tend not to distinguish between these concepts, throwing everything in a heap. And there is a difference between them.
I really like the concept of selfishness and egocentrism, which I read a long time ago in some book (I can't remember which one now) and made my working definition.
The egoist says, ” I am the center of the universe. Therefore, all of you, the people around me, should perceive me in this way: you should jump around me, please me, do everything for me, sacrificing your interests for my interests.”
The egocentric person says, ” I am the center of the universe. My personal universe. It's so big, so interesting, and so beautiful that I don't need anyone else. Therefore, all of you, the people around me, with your problems and concerns, with your interests and desires, with your opinions about the world and about me, mean absolutely nothing to me.”
If we proceed from the above, selfishness and egocentrism are not just different concepts, they are in many ways diametrically opposed concepts.�
The egoist needs the whole world to revolve around him. The egocentric person doesn't need anyone, because he has his own world that revolves around him.
The egoist is always a parasite on others. An egocentric person doesn't even care if someone is around.
If a man does not work, but sits on the neck of his wife, who plows three jobs, supporting herself and him, this is a typical egoist.
If a man is a bachelor who starts relationships with women just as much as he is interested in, and easily ends them when it no longer suits him, this is a typical egocentric person.
An egoist cannot be alone for long: he needs the attention and care of others. The egocentric person does not need anyone, he is always happy with himself.
That's it, in a nutshell.
Egocentrism is actually a term from age psychology: up to a certain age, a small child is able to present the situation (spatially, etc.) only from his own point of view.
Egoism is an evaluative (judgmental) colored name for behavior when a person puts their interests first. That for an adult, mature person-in fact, the algorithm is quite normal, hence the attempts to somehow deprive the term of negative connotations (associations): “healthy selfishness”, for example.
Perhaps the confusion between the common use of the terms “egocentrism” and “egoism” is just a consequence of attempts to somehow separate the two classes of situations:
1) when a person simply follows their interests in the first place (which may disappoint people around them: they would like another person to put THEIR interests above their own, or at least in one row, without advantages… – But somehow it is recognized as a variant of the norm). –
2) And when a person does not just put their own interests first, but proceeds from the complete insignificance of the interests of others: casually causing grief, ruin, “wiping their feet” about those who are caught – not even out of spite, but because there is me, and everything else is insignificant.
It is clear that the behavior is fundamentally different, and the word in Russian for them is the same: “egoism”.
So they try (once again, we are talking about everyday word usage) to call some of these options “egocentrism”, and leave “egoism”for the other. Moreover, a single practice, and on what – what to “stick”, which label where exactly-did not work out.
Egoism comes with self-awareness, i.e., awareness of one's personal ego.
Egocentrism is a quality derived from selfishness. The seed underlying the quality of egocentrism is “egoism” or individuality, despite the generally accepted definition of the word, for the ego is the spiritual seed of the individual, the consciousness of ” I am seven.” QualityHumility has some correspondence with the stem of a plant or with the trunk of a tree. This is a completely invisible force, which is the true support and basis of nutrition for more obvious personality traits. True humility is absolutely essential for spiritual growth.©
Thus, selfishness unbalanced by the quality of humility turns into egocentrism.
The spirit of egocentrism is a consequence of the striving for materialism of the intellectual part of humanity. They believe that the material world is something like a herd of cows created for the purpose of providing food for them alone, and that these cows can be milked ad libitum, without taking into account either the needs or the needs of their weaker counterparts.©
What the egocentrism of the intellectually progressive part of the people leads to there are already examples , for example, in the history of our people, the egocentrism of the so-called elites led to the revolutionary events of the early 20th century.
Apart from selfishness, laziness, and fickleness, there is no other quality that contributes so much to the downfall as excessive self-centeredness. No other form disintegrates as quickly as a form built up through over-developed egocentrism and complacency.© This is again confirmed by the revolutionary events in our country, when the so-called intellectual elite, which disagreed with the changes in the country, and, first of all, with the equalization of the rights of all strata of society, collapsed. Only those who accepted their situation, despite the material losses, remained.
You need to realize that there is a measure for everything, including human egoism, and everyone feels it in their heart, but not everyone is able to stop in time and show humility of their self (pride).
… Damage, overlap everywhere.
And the measure is only with God.
Egoism is a behavior that is entirely determined by a person's desire for their own benefit. At present (the beginning of the XXI century) in psychology, there are two degrees of selfishness. A strong form of selfishness is considered to be the pursuit and defense of only one's own benefit, while a person can help another if it benefits him personally. An egoist can also help other people, even for nothing, if it suits his personal interests.
Egocentrism is a special cognitive position characterized by the inability to coordinate different points of view, which is a qualitative peculiarity of the child's thinking. The term was introduced into psychology by Jean Piaget to describe the features of thinking characteristic of children aged 2-3 to 11-12 years. For various reasons, this feature of thinking in varying degrees of severity may persist in a more mature age. It can worsen as a result of age-related changes in the central nervous system, or as a consequence of certain neurological diseases.
These are two very different terms. It is better not to confuse them.
Selfishness-always, in all situations, with any people-is based solely on personal interests associated with a particular benefit. Material or not-it doesn't matter.
Egocentrism (Enlightened Super-Egocentrism) – a credo, a life position, when one's own opinion, one's decisions and actions, one's views on any issue, event or act – are always put in one's value system above all others. What is possible and impossible, what is good for him, and what is bad, right and wrong – all value judgments are reviewed by the egocentric person through the prism of his position.
Strong, successful and strong-willed people who are able to overcome themselves, take responsibility for others and not be afraid to decide are most often self-centered.�
The egoist sees the environment as a source of achieving his goals and benefits, and only his own.
The egocentric person sees his surroundings as part of his world and of himself. The egocentric person is usually capable of” superpersonal “(not related to his immediate interests) actions, simply because in” his ” world it should be so. �
The egocentric person in his system of values is the subjective center of the universe.�
Unlike an egoist, an egocentric person can act and make decisions in favor of other people's interests, which may not bring him any personal benefit.
In various dictionaries, which are often used to strengthen their arguments, you can see that these two concepts are often not separated from each other. So, in some definitions it says: “Egocentrism is an extreme manifestation of selfishness,” which is, of course, erroneous.