The main distinction between "rude" and "mean" behavior has to do with intention; while rudeness is often unintentional, mean behavior very much aims to hurt or depreciate someone.
However, the key distinction is the intention of the person who behaved meanly. If they didn't mean to hurt someone's feelings, they were being rude, not mean. If they were intending to hurt someone's feelings, but this was the first time they have done so to the person, then they are being mean.
Being mean involves “purposefully saying or doing something to hurt someone once (or maybe twice).” Unlike unthinking rudeness, “mean behavior very much aims to hurt or depreciate someone.
Forms of rudeness include acting inconsiderate, insensitive, deliberately offensive, impolite, obscenity, profanity and violating taboos such as deviancy. In some cases, an act of rudeness can go so far as to be a crime, for example, the crime of hate speech.
A study on human behavior has revealed that 90% of the population can be classified into four basic personality types: Optimistic, Pessimistic, Trusting and Envious.
Some common types of behaviors include: overt, covert, conscious, unconscious, rational irrational, voluntary, and involuntary behaviors.
Three fundamental types of behaviour can be distinguished: the purely practical, the theoretical-practical, and the purely theoretical.
Being mean is a product of insecure self-esteem.
Freud argued that people cope with negative views of themselves by perceiving other people as having those same traits. Researchers have discovered that threatened self-esteem drives a lot of aggression.
So…why are people mean? Because people act out their anger instead of first experiencing it internally. They react from the primary impulse of the anger, which always wants to be mean and aggressive. You do not need to be in therapy to work on your anger.
The main distinction between "rude" and "mean" behavior has to do with intention; while rudeness is often unintentional, mean behavior very much aims to hurt or depreciate someone.
The best way to avoid rude people is to meet their acts of rudeness with kindness and then remove yourself from their presence. If you can't do this and can't walk away, try grey rocking, which involves acting as unresponsive as possible like avoiding eye contact or not showing emotions when conversing.
People are rude and disrespectful when they act impolite, inconsiderate, or mean towards someone else. There can be many root causes for rudeness, such as insecurity or fear. People are often rude after being on the receiving end of rudeness.
The mean is a measure of central tendency that is calculated by adding all of the scores in a data set and dividing by the total number of scores. It is the most sensitive measure of central tendency as it includes all of the scores in its calculation. However, it is easily distorted by extreme values.
Dominance (or “D-Type”) Influence (or “i-Type”) Steadiness (or “S-Type”) Conscientiousness (or “C-Type”)
Voluntary and involuntary behaviour
Voluntary behaviour is the type of human behaviour that human beings can control and often depend on human wants. Such human behaviours include writing, talking, swimming and walking. Involuntary behaviour occurs naturally, with little control or thought.
Two general kinds of behaviors are: task behaviors and relationship behaviors.
Mean people have very little empathy for others. They aren't able to connect with them on an emotional level or understand things from others' points of view. More than that, they don't want to broaden their minds. They stubbornly stick to their own points of view without any consideration for others.