575. Propinquity - Significance - Importance -1
I just got aware of a word, that suits to be used in my quest: Propinquity.
I just got aware of a word, that suits to be used in my quest: Propinquity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propinquity
"In social psychology, propinquity (from Latin propinquitas, "nearness") is one of the main factors leading to interpersonal attraction. It refers to the physical or psychological proximity between people. Propinquity can mean physical proximity, a kinship between people, or a similarity in nature between things ("like-attracts-like"). .....just as two people with similar political beliefs possess a higher propinquity than those whose beliefs strongly differ. "
Propinquity as the psychological proximity depends on the identity by what is subjectively experienced as constituting the essence of the personality.
Perceiving propinquity means having an awareness of the own identity and having knowledge about the similarities with the other's same traits and attributes.
Experiencing propinquity means the additional knowledge of the other's sharing the same identity.
Propinquity is cognitive or intellectual between those persons, who identify with the same cognitive essence of their personalities. They share similar cognitive preferences as are attitudes, opinions, convictions, beliefs, values, morals and world views. Cognitive propinquity is often not obvious but requires profound knowledge about a person's cognitive preferences. Ignorance or misinformation impede it.
Propinquity is cognitive or intellectual between those persons, who identify with the same cognitive essence of their personalities. They share similar cognitive preferences as are attitudes, opinions, convictions, beliefs, values, morals and world views. Cognitive propinquity is often not obvious but requires profound knowledge about a person's cognitive preferences. Ignorance or misinformation impede it.
But the subjective perception of the importance of areas of propinquity can vary widely. People can for example also identify by their looks, by their physical fitness, by their fertility, by their religious delusion, by their artistic abilities, by a shared passion for a hobby or by congenital traits as ethnicity and nationality.
Propinquity creates attraction, and attraction contributes to the perception of people as significant. But attraction can also have other causes, which then lead to the perception of people as only important but not as significant.
Significance and importance are not the same. Any inanimate object and any person can be important as a source of benefits, while remaining insignificant as an individual specimen.
When any smashed regular car is replaced by another, the new car becomes equally important for giving the equal benefits as a vehicle. But the last remaining specimen of an antique car is significant, because it cannot be easily replaced.
The same with persons. When a man is attracted to a woman's body due to obtaining a lot of pleasure from using her, she can be very important for him as long as he gets, what he wants. But when he dumps and replaces her with another equally attractive body, this body becomes just as important. These women are important, but they are not significant.
But when a man is cognitively attracted to what he shares with a woman's unique brain and personality, then she is more than important, she is significant for being herself, and when lost, she cannot be easily replaced.
Significance is more than importance. People can be important to each other without propinquity, but only propinquity makes them significant. Therefore propinquity and significance are correlated, while importance can have many reasons.
Propinquity creates attraction, and attraction contributes to the perception of people as significant. But attraction can also have other causes, which then lead to the perception of people as only important but not as significant.
Significance and importance are not the same. Any inanimate object and any person can be important as a source of benefits, while remaining insignificant as an individual specimen.
When any smashed regular car is replaced by another, the new car becomes equally important for giving the equal benefits as a vehicle. But the last remaining specimen of an antique car is significant, because it cannot be easily replaced.
The same with persons. When a man is attracted to a woman's body due to obtaining a lot of pleasure from using her, she can be very important for him as long as he gets, what he wants. But when he dumps and replaces her with another equally attractive body, this body becomes just as important. These women are important, but they are not significant.
But when a man is cognitively attracted to what he shares with a woman's unique brain and personality, then she is more than important, she is significant for being herself, and when lost, she cannot be easily replaced.
Significance is more than importance. People can be important to each other without propinquity, but only propinquity makes them significant. Therefore propinquity and significance are correlated, while importance can have many reasons.
People can even be negatively important. It can be very important to avoid those, who are unpleasant, repulsive and aversive.
There are several constellations of reciprocity or asymmetry concerning propinquity, significance and importance. This will be continued in another entry.
There are several constellations of reciprocity or asymmetry concerning propinquity, significance and importance. This will be continued in another entry.
