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Behavior that seems pointless or ridiculous
- Foolishness Foolishness is an everyday term that refers to behavior that seems pointless or ridiculous. It can also refer to behavior or actions that an individual does not agree with.
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Nov 2, 2016 · In my forthcoming book “Anatomy of Foolishness,” I define foolishness as action which reveals a relative absence of risk-awareness. Within the criminal justice field, therefore,...
Oct 25, 2018 · Foolish people are self-involved, overly optimistic regarding their own views, and unable to see their own vulnerabilities. They assume they already know all that needs to be known.
- Arash Emamzadeh
Self-defeating behavior constitutes a failure to pursue enlightened self-interest. Such patterns suggest dark psychological motivations or at least troubling, costly failures of human reason. Keywords: fascination, rational, enlightened, defeating, failure, motivations.
- Abstract
- Definition of Foolishness and Its Connection to Egocentrism
- Foolishness and Egocentrism
- Conclusion
- References
Foolishness from a psychological perspective is defined as the inability to evaluate the situation clearly and one of the components that enable it is egocentrism. In general, foolishness and its implications are considered as a notion opposed to wisdom; therefore, self-centeredness can be viewed from the perspective of humility. However, it is nec...
Due to the fact that this paper aims to examine egocentrism from the perspective of foolishness, it is necessary to define this notion first. Foolishness has many definitions, depending on a perspective from which an author decides to review the issue. For instance, Cambridge Dictionary provides the following explanation of this term – “the quality...
Egocentrism is one component which characterizes a foolish person and refers to one’s inability to observe a situation from another person’s perspective. The theory proposed by Piaget hypothesizes that this quality is a part of the second stage in the human development process (Kesselring & Müller, 2011). During it, one assumes that his or her feel...
Overall, egocentrism is a distinct dimension of foolishness that hinders individuals from making proper judgments about occurrences and other people. This concept impairs an individual’s ability to make explicit judgments about events and reality, which enables foolishness and obstructs wisdom. In addition, it affects the perception of others becau...
Aczel, B. Palfi, B., & Kekecs, Z. (2015). What is stupid?: People’s conception of unintelligent behavior. Intelligence, 53, 51-58. Web. Ardelt, M., Achenbaum, W. A., & Oh, H. (2013).The paradoxical nature of personal wisdom and its relation to human development in the reflective, cognitive, and affective domains. In M. Ferrari & N. M. Weststrate, (...
Andreas Maercker in 1995 defined foolishness as rigid, dogmatic, and inflexible thinking which makes feelings of bitterness and probable annoyance. It is considered the foundation of illusions of grandiosity like omniscience, omnipotence and inviolability.
1. : foolish behavior. 2. : a foolish act or idea. Synonyms. absurdity. asininity. balminess. brainlessness. craziness. daftness. dippiness. dottiness. fatuity. fatuousness. folly. imbecility. inanity. insanity. lunacy. madness. nonsensicalness. nuttiness. preposterousness. senselessness. silliness. simplicity.
