Concept in Definition ABC

The qualities and defects of humans exist in a proportional way. And to each virtue corresponds the opposite. One of the negative attitudes is petulance. By it is meant arrogant and vain behavior. He who practices petulance is a petulant, and this adjective is used as a derogatory term.

Petulance is a conduct exaggerated, because whoever performs it shows others with an image of superiority. The petulant is an individual who does not generate sympathy, since the way of dealing with him is haughty and not very close.

Petulance expresses disproportionate behavior because an excess of self-esteem and vanity provokes rejection in other people.

The petulant's behavior indicates that his own self-esteem is too high, as if he wanted to assert himself before others with an apparent safety in his own capacities. The message that the petulant transmits to her interlocutor is contrary to empathy and causes displeasure.

In petulance there is a mechanism of lack of control of individual worth. It is desirable to love and value ourselves, but if this feeling is not controlled properly, petulance appears.

When we imagine a person with this peculiarity, we think of someone very refined, who uses the language in a pedantic way, who has haughty gestures and tries to maintain a situation of dominance and power over others. The smug likes to demonstrate his erudition and his traditions foodies. He is an elitist who despises the supposed vulgarity of others. He is someone who seeks the applause and recognition of others. This image appears in the movie theater and the literature in unfriendly characters, usually of a social class elevated, with some kind of privileges that make him think that his attitude is justified.

Psychologists and behavioral professionals attribute low self-esteem to the petulant, as they need compensate for their low self-esteem through gestures and words of remarkable self-recognition.

Personal fulfillment is studied within the framework of motivation. There is a theory (called Maslow's pyramid) that states that individuals meet their needs in a pyramid fashion. Initially we tend to cover basic needs and gradually we are managing to satisfy secondary needs until we reach the peak: self-realization. It is a mechanism applicable to any human being. If the ultimate goal is inner well-being because there is already a reasonable level of needs materials and physical, in the case of petulance an incorrect assessment of the self-esteem.