The influence of our social relationships on our behavior
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: When a person spends time with someone, how their brain models that individual depends on the role they implicitly assign to them. For instance, suppose you are friends with someone who acts bossy towards you like an older brother. Even if you lack the power to challenge them directly, and even if they joke among themselves telling you to call them "bro"—which you refuse to do—your subconscious still codes them as an older brother, representing an authority figure with power over you. If you are in a developmental stage, your brain adopts this as a reference model. Later in life, when you need to take on an older-brother role yourself, you end up acting like them toward your younger sibling or anyone you hold power over. These are hypothetical observations using example figures. Similarly, you start behaving like the person you have romantic feelings for, as your brain and subconscious naturally copy their mannerisms and actions. I did the translation using AI. This is the first time I'm using this platform to upload something; normally I keep my ideas in a digital notebook.İm 14
Author: Ozalhas, cinarizka
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225461563