All the concepts and theories that I have learned in social psychology have thought me very well the understanding of human behavior. From the way they communicate to the way that they react. Humans are very complicated species yet very easy to put two and two together as to why and how they act the way they act. When thinking of all the theories I have learned so far in social psychology class, I can defiantly say that I can connect to them all in a way. The main components, that I found to be interesting and also very relatable to me is, the components that are dealing with attraction, social influence, and also stereotyping. I’m going to start off with the theory that I learned the most from because I truly found it to be pretty fascinating
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Apparently from what I learned in class this has to do with the “social penetration theory” and also the “comparison level of alternatives” (CL ALT). I stayed around because of self-disclosure, I was vulnerable to him, I was an onion completely shredded. Also, physical intimacy took place, which is a very intimate moment in a relationship, because of this deep intimacy it made me become even more attached. Looking back to this three year, unhealthy relationship I noticed that my “CL Alt” was low and according to what I learned it was low enough that I stayed “If you’re dissatisfied, your CL Alt might still be low enough that you stay”(Day 15 Slide). I ended up leaving because my CL Alt increased. “If Cl Alt > current outcome you leave” and that’s exactly what …show more content…
Informational social influence is “conformity out of a desire to gain information”. One time while I was driving an accident had accord. It had been up to about 35 mins that I was stuck in traffic, I was becoming frustrated and not to mention I already had to be somewhere at a certain time. After a couple of minutes I started noticing everyone jumping a rail with their car to the other section of the road. All though it was completely illegal to do so, I panicked and did the same thing everyone else was doing. Not because I wanted to but “just because” everyone else did it and I was in a tricky
Apparently from what I learned in class this has to do with the “social penetration theory” and also the “comparison level of alternatives” (CL ALT). I stayed around because of self-disclosure, I was vulnerable to him, I was an onion completely shredded. Also, physical intimacy took place, which is a very intimate moment in a relationship, because of this deep intimacy it made me become even more attached. Looking back to this three year, unhealthy relationship I noticed that my “CL Alt” was low and according to what I learned it was low enough that I stayed “If you’re dissatisfied, your CL Alt might still be low enough that you stay”(Day 15 Slide). I ended up leaving because my CL Alt increased. “If Cl Alt > current outcome you leave” and that’s exactly what …show more content…
Informational social influence is “conformity out of a desire to gain information”. One time while I was driving an accident had accord. It had been up to about 35 mins that I was stuck in traffic, I was becoming frustrated and not to mention I already had to be somewhere at a certain time. After a couple of minutes I started noticing everyone jumping a rail with their car to the other section of the road. All though it was completely illegal to do so, I panicked and did the same thing everyone else was doing. Not because I wanted to but “just because” everyone else did it and I was in a tricky