What are characteristics of human nature?

Answer

Reliable, dependable and hard-working

• Friendly and fun to be around

• They feel they're not as satisfied as they could be

• They feel they're not as recognized as they should be

• Considerate to others and with good people skills

• Honest and loyal to their friends and family

• Have a moderate amount of self-esteem

• Good problem solvers

• Proficient at completing tasks

• Adaptable to most situations

• Overall capable and generally smarter than others

• Good leaders (many think of themselves as natural leaders)

• Resourceful and skilled

• Good-natured

• Proficient in their communication skills

• Family-minded

• Likely to respond positively to flattery

• Likely to respond positively to enthusiasm

• They never question their own belief systems

• Have a deep fear of rejection

• Worry about what others think

• They all cherish the past, complaint about the present and fear the future

• They consider themselves good-intentioned, even when behavior is negative

• They want to make decisions that will make them look good in the eyes of others

• They think about sex far more than they will ever admit

• Almost everyone is afraid of growing old and dying

• Only those in some sort of pain work to change their status quo

• Most are not 100% satisfied at what they see in a mirror

• They will continue with a bad habit until it pains them

• They dislike the feeling of being controlled or manipulated

• They dislike doing things that don't make sense to them

• They dislike change without a clear benefit or outcome

Another Answer

Humans' nature, characteristics that are innate to humans, start with the nature of all living things; to support ones life, to defend ones life, to reproduce ones life. Humans, being one of the more complex forms of life and having one of the longer life spans of living things, also have the ability and time to use these innate characteristics with greater diversity and the capacity to learn new ways to use them.

For example, the inborn imperative to 'support ones life', exhibited by the need and desire for food, shelter, warmth, comfort, etc. is expanded to depending on others for support of these needs through family and community. From that, social structures, rules, morals, relationships with others lead to use of the intelligence to devise better ways of accomplishing these goals. Communities are formed, physical structures are designed and built, group efforts are organized that support the community physically and emotionally; governments and laws are put in place. Eventually, we find ourselves in the twenty first century with a society so complex that it's difficult to recognize that everything that we do and everything that we have is generated from those three innate characteristics that we share with all other living things. Humans just have the time and the means to make it more complicated.