This is a good representation of the phrase, “birds of a feather flock together” because Jacoby is hanging out with friends who are much older, but also living that carefree lifestyle. Jacoby looks to just enjoying life right now and does not acknowledge that fact that his behaviors have great consequences. Normative belief: As Arnold mentioned, Jacoby has much older friends who are setting bad examples for him and engaging in such behaviors. Behaviors that would include: lots of partying with alcohol, drugs, and unprotected sex. To Jacoby, this is what seems most right to him and acknowledges what they are doing as the typical and normal thing. He uses their lifestyle to justify his way of living life. His friends are enclosed around that feel-good lifestyle that the behavior they engage in, give Jacoby validation. Motivation to comply: Since Jacoby is an aspiring club promoter; he is living his life to what his social environment encompasses. As soon as Jacoby began promoting, he started to become more talkative and outgoing, as a way of fitting in with the
This is a good representation of the phrase, “birds of a feather flock together” because Jacoby is hanging out with friends who are much older, but also living that carefree lifestyle. Jacoby looks to just enjoying life right now and does not acknowledge that fact that his behaviors have great consequences. Normative belief: As Arnold mentioned, Jacoby has much older friends who are setting bad examples for him and engaging in such behaviors. Behaviors that would include: lots of partying with alcohol, drugs, and unprotected sex. To Jacoby, this is what seems most right to him and acknowledges what they are doing as the typical and normal thing. He uses their lifestyle to justify his way of living life. His friends are enclosed around that feel-good lifestyle that the behavior they engage in, give Jacoby validation. Motivation to comply: Since Jacoby is an aspiring club promoter; he is living his life to what his social environment encompasses. As soon as Jacoby began promoting, he started to become more talkative and outgoing, as a way of fitting in with the