How do the challenges faced with forming relationships affect people's true identity and their actions toward others? Many people may be wondering about this question. People have many different challenges to worry about when forming relationships. True identity, stereotypes, and society could be three of the main ones. In the book, The Outsiders, many characters worry about their social class and where they “fit in” in order to see their true identity. Many challenges are faced with forming relationships. True identity is something many people struggle with. For example, “Social identity theory states that our identities are formed through the groups to which we belong. As a result, we are motivated to improve the image and status of our
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This makes it hard for them to express who they truly are or how they want to be. In The Outsiders, a book about people finding their true identity and going against what society thinks, hold two different groups that are separated by their social class. These two groups are the Socs and the Greasers. They disagree on almost everything. Ponyboy and Cherry get along very well together, but they cannot be seen with each other alone, because Cherry is a Soc and Ponyboy is a greaser. Socs are “higher up” on the wealth scale and usually more proper, while greasers are more laid-back, and get into trouble a lot, like a gang (Hinton 21). These characters have trouble finding their own true identity. If people have challenges in their relationships, their actions towards others would be different than actions toward their friends or people that they get along with. For example, “Social psychologists therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others, and look at the conditions under which certain behavior/actions and feelings occur. Social psychology is to do with the way …show more content…
Many challenges are faced in forming relationships, like stereotypes. In The Outsiders, many “stereotypes” prevent people from being friends. Bob, a Soc, got murdered because he had an argument over his girlfriend being friends with a Greaser (Hinton 49). In Tajfel's experiment, they found out even though they knew that the money would make no impact, they still gave it to people in their group because people protect themselves by protecting others like them. This would make them look better. This shows dominance (Dean). “By stereotyping we infer that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have” (Simply psychology). With stereotypes, people automatically assume people could be could or bad without even having a conversation with them. Stereotypes have a major impact on forming
This makes it hard for them to express who they truly are or how they want to be. In The Outsiders, a book about people finding their true identity and going against what society thinks, hold two different groups that are separated by their social class. These two groups are the Socs and the Greasers. They disagree on almost everything. Ponyboy and Cherry get along very well together, but they cannot be seen with each other alone, because Cherry is a Soc and Ponyboy is a greaser. Socs are “higher up” on the wealth scale and usually more proper, while greasers are more laid-back, and get into trouble a lot, like a gang (Hinton 21). These characters have trouble finding their own true identity. If people have challenges in their relationships, their actions towards others would be different than actions toward their friends or people that they get along with. For example, “Social psychologists therefore deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others, and look at the conditions under which certain behavior/actions and feelings occur. Social psychology is to do with the way …show more content…
Many challenges are faced in forming relationships, like stereotypes. In The Outsiders, many “stereotypes” prevent people from being friends. Bob, a Soc, got murdered because he had an argument over his girlfriend being friends with a Greaser (Hinton 49). In Tajfel's experiment, they found out even though they knew that the money would make no impact, they still gave it to people in their group because people protect themselves by protecting others like them. This would make them look better. This shows dominance (Dean). “By stereotyping we infer that a person has a whole range of characteristics and abilities that we assume all members of that group have” (Simply psychology). With stereotypes, people automatically assume people could be could or bad without even having a conversation with them. Stereotypes have a major impact on forming