Do we and should we study human behaviour objectively?

Do we and should we study human behaviour objectively?

Well the first thing I would do is tell you the definition of objective thinking. It is basically studying the actions and portrayals of human behaviour which we then make assumptions and predictions of what they will do next. Personally, I think we should but to an extent where we must think subjectively. Objective thinking only allows us as observers to see the actions and particular portrayals one might do every day. Maybe there is a deeper meaning behind all of the actions one is doing. We can’t just assume that going to the coffee house every day is a good thing for someone. Maybe it’s because it is apart of their routine and they did it with someone before. By only observing behaviour and not looking into a deeper meaning, we could be judging a person completely differently.

I think that objective thinking has been a let down because of the eyes in society don’t recognize the deeper feelings and thoughts one might have. I want to touch upon the delicate topic of mass shootings. Why do they happen in the first place? Was the person who did something like that mad at the people? Possibly. But how do we know what he is going to do in the future. Do we just look at his behaviour when he was younger and avoid it? I don’t necessarily know. If someone would've talked to him and thought subjectively about what was going inside of his head, he might have not done such terrible things in the future. We can say the same for bullying and who it has impacted.

There is a story that I remember about bullying that was just incredible. One day, there was this boy walking home from school with all these books in his bag. A boy across the street, who was also walking home, noticed that he dropped one the books on the pavement. He decided to pick it up and hand it to him before he forgot about it. When he handed the boy the book, he started to make some casual conversation. What had started out as a casual conversation, lead to a life-long friendship. I am not entirely sure about the details but that was the gist of it. This story is famous because the boy with the giant book bag, was on his way to kill himself that day. He brought all of his books home from school so that his parents wouldn’t have to do it after he was gone. Was amazes me is that, the boy who returned the book did not know the other boy was going to kill himself. He was just trying to help someone who dropped something. Now, objective thinking would of noticed that he was just caring a bag of books home from school. Subjective thinking made boy number two prevented boy number one from killing himself. He was probably unaware of the boys mental state seeing that he only cared to give his book back. But that casual conversation started the deeper knowledge of boy number one wanting a friend. This might not be necessarily subjective thinking. But subjective means to get the deeper meaning of something, behind the outside layers that everyone sees everyday.

So what I’m saying is; society has a right to think objectively. But in the long run, society must look past the exterior notions and look for the deeper meaning which brings out the truth in society and in the human race.