A question?
Human being as a living intelligent creature, has many desires. We have a lot of desires to fill, to satisfy. We have desires for food, for drinks, and for entertainment. For physiological desires, for example, hunger for food, holding the desire and preventing the access to food only makes the desire stronger, and a man feel hunger if he is prevented from eating for longer time. But I am not sure if this principle applies to psychological desires. For example, I have an urge to read novels, to watch movies. If I force myself to do something else, will my desires for books and movies get stronger in a long run, or these desires will be forgotten or replaced by some other emotional desires? Would please someone tell me the rules governing these phenomena?
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A queston?
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by Michael Lank » Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:42 pm
Hi hnliuhy,
Welcome to the Forum.
This article on the Basic Human Needs doesn't answer your question, but will I think be of interest.
In answer to your question, our behaviour tends to be habitual, so when you have a certain urge you read novels, but I'm sure there are other ways you could satisfy that particular urge, and this could replace reading novels.
Through repetition we forge neural pathways in our brain, the more we repeat something the more it becomes instinctive. When we first try something new, like learning to drive, it's difficult co-ordinating all the pedals and steering, but after a while this becomes natural and we don't have to make the same effort.
It's a bit like going for a walk in an untouched forest - first time we have to carve a path through and we're not sure where we're going, but once the path is created the more we use it the clearer the path becomes as it's well trodden, but if we leave the path in time it'll grow over again - there'll still be a trace, but it'll start to grow over.
Similarly if we stop doing something that behaviour will have less significance, unless it's something that we still hold as being very important, such as eating!
Years ago, as a child, I used to love making model aeroplanes - something I've now got absolutely no desire to do, so clearly (and luckily) these urges do disappear.
Welcome to the Forum.
This article on the Basic Human Needs doesn't answer your question, but will I think be of interest.
In answer to your question, our behaviour tends to be habitual, so when you have a certain urge you read novels, but I'm sure there are other ways you could satisfy that particular urge, and this could replace reading novels.
Through repetition we forge neural pathways in our brain, the more we repeat something the more it becomes instinctive. When we first try something new, like learning to drive, it's difficult co-ordinating all the pedals and steering, but after a while this becomes natural and we don't have to make the same effort.
It's a bit like going for a walk in an untouched forest - first time we have to carve a path through and we're not sure where we're going, but once the path is created the more we use it the clearer the path becomes as it's well trodden, but if we leave the path in time it'll grow over again - there'll still be a trace, but it'll start to grow over.
Similarly if we stop doing something that behaviour will have less significance, unless it's something that we still hold as being very important, such as eating!
Years ago, as a child, I used to love making model aeroplanes - something I've now got absolutely no desire to do, so clearly (and luckily) these urges do disappear.
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by hnliuhy » Thu Jul 01, 2004 2:13 am
Hi, Mike,
Thank you very much for your reply. Your analogy to trodden the road through untouched forest is very appropriate and that makes your points to be understood very easily. Also thank you for the referred article.
Hnliuhy
Thank you very much for your reply. Your analogy to trodden the road through untouched forest is very appropriate and that makes your points to be understood very easily. Also thank you for the referred article.
Hnliuhy
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