Homeless People Research Paper

There are multiple reasons why there is an increase (1)of homeless people in the city of Houston . Poverty , substance abuse , someone running away from home , etc . I will apply cognitive dissonance , social comparison and self-concept to focus on the external attributions ; instead of internal and figure out a possible explanation to this phenomenon . When we feel a dissonance towards our decisions , we tend to grow anxiety and a feeling that something is not right . For example , if a person loves to shop and his/her passion is fashion with the expensive designer clothes , it can be fancy and make them feel good about them self but , if this person knows for a fact that they cannot afford it and still decide to spend the money anyways ; anxiety …show more content…
The fact that people (2)spend more money than what they actually have (3)is ultimately , leaving them with credit card debts , car loans and not to mention food money and rent money . At one point maybe that person was relatively financially stable , but the imbalance of their economic status and the fact he or her may not have food to eat that day reflects anybody's behavior . Some people are strong enough and with the help of family or friends , they can manage to come back from an economic crisis . However not everyone is the same . Let's say other than this person being (4)broke they just lost a significant other and because of the deep sorrow they start drinking heavily . They slack off and become hopeless about themselves based on the comparison of other people . I think social comparison has an important role (5)to homelessness because they are exposed to people that are doing better than them all the time . Meaning they are always engaging upward social cognition . If they live on the streets , they're exposed to the people with Mercedes , people dining out , people with their significant others , etc . This is why homeless people adapt to the inferiority