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	Science Forum Forum Index » Behavior and Psychology  » Why do we value things we cannot get  Why do we value things we cannot get « View previous topic :: View next topic »  Author Message anmol_khanna Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:33 am    Post subject: Why do we value things we cannot get Forum Freshman Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 7 Hi , We know that we value things that are not easily available and are hard to get. e.g People find lighter hair color more desirable in countries like Japan and Italy where majority of the population has darker hair. What is the phychology behind it? thanks anmol Back to top inow Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:51 pm    Post subject: Forum Professor Joined: 04 Oct 2009 Posts: 1795 Location: Austin, TX I'll over simplify and give the short answer. They may have what we lack, and their genetics may help fill gaps in our own. _________________ iNow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Pale Blue Dot ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "[Time] is one of those concepts that is profoundly resistant to a simple definition." ~C. Sagan Back to top Pong Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:59 pm    Post subject: Forum Radioactive Isotope Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 4180 Could you narrow the question a bit? Like, do you mean can't have, or hard to get? I guess you don't mean sexual attraction, but please clarify. _________________ A pong by any other name is still a pong. -williampinn Back to top HexHammer Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:09 am    Post subject: Re: Why do we value things we cannot get Forum Freshman Joined: 17 Jan 2010 Posts: 72 anmol_khanna wrote: Hi , We know that we value things that are not easily available and are hard to get. e.g People find lighter hair color more desirable in countries like Japan and Italy where majority of the population has darker hair. What is the phychology behind it? There's a saying "the grass is greener on the other side" I belive it's from the brain's ability to create an equbrilium. You can't get stimuli from the same thing year in, year out, you continually need different kind of stimuli, else you end up in a kind of numbness. Ie, you can't hear the same song over and over, day in and day out, else you have a obsession, a disorder. We all have different lvls of these factors, therefore some prefer only exotic things, some partially prefer exotic things, and some are indifferent. Imo it originates from our primal instinct, to spread genes and avoid inbreed. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First     Page 1 of 1 Science Forum Forum Index » Behavior and Psychology  » Why do we value things we cannot get Jump to: Select a forum Natural Sciences----------------MathematicsPhysicsChemistryBiologyHealth & MedicineBehavior and Psychology Environmental IssuesEarth SciencesAstronomy & Cosmology  Engineering and Technology ----------------Mechanical, Structural and Chemical Engineering Electrical and Electronics Computer ScienceMilitary Technology  Social Sciences ----------------HistoryScientific Study of ReligionPhilosophy EducationPoliticsBusiness & EconomicsCriminology and Forensic Science The Science Forum----------------General DiscussionIntroductionsIn the NewsScience-Fiction and Non-FictionArt and CultureNew Hypotheses and IdeasPseudoscienceLinks Site Administration----------------Site FeedbackTrash Can  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
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