Introduction
Social psychology is a branch of science that studies individual behaviour and how others’ presence influences such behaviours. Different niches, such as feelings, thoughts, beliefs and goals within social and societal parameters, vary the influence. Social psychology is based on one’s mental process and behavioural impacts when interacting and relating with others. It is a part of science which encompasses world observation, measurements and recording of such behaviours, and lastly, manipulation of the results to obtain desired outcomes.
Happiness is a state of joy or satisfaction, or both and the absence of negative thoughts. It can also be defined as choosing pleasure over pain. Hobbies and arts entail favourable personal activities such as swimming, sports, reading, listening to music, and hiking. Happiness is affected by several factors such as; education, impact on one’s income, ethnicity, marital status, social classes, for instance, the migrants, the poor, the rich and the middle class, and occupations like the comparison between farmers, peasants and politicians. Leisure activities because it is premised on one’s control like sports, occupation, physical appearance, politics, moods, improvement of socialization through skills and environmental factors such as calamities and geographical positions.
The amount of information collected and recorded on the above niches correlates to the level of Happiness of the participants based on their age and self-satisfaction. Art is the application or expression of human imagination and creative skills, ranging from a visual form like producing works, sculpture or painting, to be appreciated primarily for their people’s emotional power or beauty:
Also, social psychology tackles the elements of personal inner space, such as confiding in each other, sharing ideas, socializing and relationships. Family interrelations are also part and parcel of social psychology since that is the origin of individuals. If a family lacks Happiness, it is prone to psychological disorders whose implications are evident in the family members.
Literature review
As stated above, Happiness is based on social psychology and thus may also be based on success in life, for instance, career-wise. Success can also be termed as the main factor or nominator of Happiness in life as it emanates from inner drive and mastery of feelings, resulting in competence (White, 1959). This competence originates from conceivable outcomes, top-notch performance, human actions and motives. Typically, the performance can be traced to advanced learning and knowledge acquisition, having a supportive family and supportive and self-motivated workmates.
Furthermore, psychological health and positive development contribute immensely to upgrading hobby performance and Happiness, which results in adherence and perseverance in life (Ryan, 2008). Social psychology includes adhering to societal and community set roles in addition to self-awareness, strength and top-notch interaction ability(socializing) while controlling one’s tempers by acquiring cognitive skills.
According to Almost &Spancer Laschinger, 2002; Spence Laschinger, Finegan, Shamian, & Wilk (2004), if an individual poses top-notch competence, high performance, instinct motivation and positive strategies which they utilize by seizing opportunities and pursuing personal development. Then he is bound to be happy and has a sense of well-being resulting from a positive attitude and a sense of purpose. This Happiness can also be influenced by childhood and adolescence experiences, thus yielding a commendable social psychology aptitude (Uusiautti, S., & Määttä, K. (2013).
In conclusion, arts and hobbies can elevate one’s Happiness to themselves and society. Hence, it has been proven that happy people tend to be friendly and non-materialistic (Polak & McCullough, 2006). Also, Happiness touches on engagement which is experience flow, a meaning in life implying a eudemonic life approach whose aim is to protect individuals and society against potentially stressful and negative life impacts (Fuochi, G., Veneziani, C. A., & Voci, A. 2018).
Research questions
- How does social psychology impact individual Happiness?
- What are happiness factors under social psychology related to hobbies and arts?
- What is the Social psychology impact on individual self-efficacy concerning their self-development?
Hypothesis
This paper entails researching to predict individuals’ behaviours”, then manoeuvring to find ways of incorporating the findings with social psychology to enhance daily lives. The research also aims to predict people’s future behaviours based on the outcome of their evident traits emanating from their daily relations and interactions. (Study 1), the study portrays Happiness as determined by hobbies interrelated with neuroticism which means the ability to control emotions (stability or instability). Where high neuroticism is evident, there is the possibility that a person lacks emotional control or psychoticism. Implying tough-minded people who are challenged to deal with a reason they deem themselves suitable and dislike confiding to others. On the contrary, other people may be tender-minded people who can socialize and share ideas, thus easier to deal with.
(Study 2). Whenever one associates with the right circle of friends, their hobbies and art improve drastically, and they tend to be tension free. Thus able to exercise emotional stability, patience, calmness, trust, faith, and belief, and be sincere and adjustable to the surrounding environment as opposed to unfriendly people who are hostile and self-centred. (Study 3), If a person is an extrovert, their traits, success, development, success rate and character tend to be influenced more by his or her circle of friends than introverts who are not open to society but are in total control of their Happiness and life without sharing with anyone. These traits can be termed as variables in self-efficacy accordingly.
Methodology
Social psychology observation has two niches for obtaining information: applied science and basic science. In this paper, applied science will be applicable. It entails finding solutions for real-world problems and basic scientists whose purpose is merely obtaining information without implementation. Furthermore, if both methods are used, they enrich the final findings. The research will use applied science to examine hobby implementation on Happiness. The participants would be 30 students who were unemployed because some people acquire satisfaction from their arts and hobbies, that is, the skills they love.
This methodology would organize observations and give practicable predictions from acquired hypotheses. Therefore, this research would employ experimental or primary science methods by manipulating individual variables. Three studies on social psychology will be carried out, and information on the impact of arts and hobbies will be recorded. This paper aims to test Happiness’s impact on 30 students.
Even in the presence of adverse events, we hypothesized the report as presented above to be concerning friends’ vibe, socialism, utilization of available resources for personal gain off experience and development, introvert and extrovert personnel and their nature in terms of neuroticism. The information will be collected through questionnaires which will be distributed to the students individually and privately in order to avoid instances of incorrect and biased information. The students would be divided into different strata according to their living areas.
Discussion
The information expected to impact art and hobbies reason many people despise unemployment negatively. Nevertheless, to the contrary, 60% of the people who had been provided with the questionnaire proved that personal art and hobbies are a source of income. This came to light since the questionnaires were not closed-ended questions. Besides, some provided profound information about how they can use the internet to their advantage and earn income despite being unemployed.
Notably, those with a close circle of friends got support directly through encouragement. Concerning social psychology, this study brought out the element of a happy society with acceptance and exploitation of the available resources. This proved the element of openness and development through other mediums to be successful.
Conclusion
To sum up, social psychology, in conjunction with personal arts and hobbies, encompasses personal traits and how they impact society’s Happiness. This society is inclusive of the family set-up whereby if one is unhappy at that level, there is the probability that society will be affected. This includes the living condition, socialization, Happiness, and individual intrinsic motivation in self-realization, development and self-consciousness. Happy people are known to be trusting, courageous, open, helpful, and cooperative, in addition to being benevolent. Happiness is also associated with success though it should be differentiated that success is not an entitlement but a concept for enhancing everyone in society to a better and joyous life.
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