The gain-loss theory is one that I have noticed, and has significantly affected my life. The gain-loss theory states that a negative opinion turned into a positive one will result in a stronger relationship rather than a positive initial opinion (Sharma, 1996). Say that you initially do not like someone, but then they start to grow on you, and you become friends. This theory is stating that this relationship will be stronger than if you were to immediately like the person, mainly because they had to work for your approval or vice versa.
The gain-loss theory has happened to me on a couple different occasions. One of the most significant times regards my best friend. Freshman year of college, my roommate and I were very good friends. We then …show more content…
We tend to think they do not need us to help, we should not interfere, or someone else will help them. When in reality we usually need to help them. This phenomenon is known as the bystander effect (Pam).
The bystander effect happens pretty much daily in my life. If it is not me that it is guilty of falling in the bystander category then I witness other people doing it. For example, at work I am around a lot of people because I work in retail. Many times I see parents yelling excessively at their children. These parents should probably be called out on the fact they are acting so terribly towards their children, but since I am at work, and it is not socially considered the “norm” to tell a parent they are being terrible to their child I do not say anything.
One of the duties of my job includes cleaning out the dressing rooms and putting the clothes away. Well, a lot of the time, people try clothes on and leave heaps of clothes in the dressing room. When I go in there to clean it out I come out with my arms and hands full of clothes, and make several trips. Customers and other coworkers tend to just watch thinking that they do not need to help me out because it is my job or they do not know if they can help. They are falling under the bystander …show more content…
I see it in so many different situations. The textbook Social Psychology defines conformity as “a change in one’s behavior due to the real or imagined influence of other people.” Conformity is a very common thing, I think especially in the age I am right now and younger, so high school and college aged individuals.
My friends go out to the bar a lot, especially on weekends, and they always want me to go. When they first starting asking me to go out I would say yes, even though I did not want to go. I did not want to disappoint them, or have them think I was weird or a “party pooper”. So I would say yes and conform to what they wanted me to do.
One way pretty much everyone conforms is the way we dress. For girls, we wear makeup and nice clothes because we think that is what is expected of us. We do not want to look like we are not put together because that makes us different and strange compared to the other girls. I imagine it is similar for boys as well. We all want to dress nice and similar to the others around us because we do not want to be different and be
The gain-loss theory has happened to me on a couple different occasions. One of the most significant times regards my best friend. Freshman year of college, my roommate and I were very good friends. We then …show more content…
We tend to think they do not need us to help, we should not interfere, or someone else will help them. When in reality we usually need to help them. This phenomenon is known as the bystander effect (Pam).
The bystander effect happens pretty much daily in my life. If it is not me that it is guilty of falling in the bystander category then I witness other people doing it. For example, at work I am around a lot of people because I work in retail. Many times I see parents yelling excessively at their children. These parents should probably be called out on the fact they are acting so terribly towards their children, but since I am at work, and it is not socially considered the “norm” to tell a parent they are being terrible to their child I do not say anything.
One of the duties of my job includes cleaning out the dressing rooms and putting the clothes away. Well, a lot of the time, people try clothes on and leave heaps of clothes in the dressing room. When I go in there to clean it out I come out with my arms and hands full of clothes, and make several trips. Customers and other coworkers tend to just watch thinking that they do not need to help me out because it is my job or they do not know if they can help. They are falling under the bystander …show more content…
I see it in so many different situations. The textbook Social Psychology defines conformity as “a change in one’s behavior due to the real or imagined influence of other people.” Conformity is a very common thing, I think especially in the age I am right now and younger, so high school and college aged individuals.
My friends go out to the bar a lot, especially on weekends, and they always want me to go. When they first starting asking me to go out I would say yes, even though I did not want to go. I did not want to disappoint them, or have them think I was weird or a “party pooper”. So I would say yes and conform to what they wanted me to do.
One way pretty much everyone conforms is the way we dress. For girls, we wear makeup and nice clothes because we think that is what is expected of us. We do not want to look like we are not put together because that makes us different and strange compared to the other girls. I imagine it is similar for boys as well. We all want to dress nice and similar to the others around us because we do not want to be different and be