Yes this is personally true to me. I can see it on facebook from someone I barely know that this place is really good or that this object is very well used. Although, I'm not gonna go there or buy it unless I hear rom a close individual that they too believe it is worth my time or money. Another example would be if I was in a foreign area, before spending my money anywhere I would first look at the reviews online and see what people are saying. Honestly, I believe word of mouth to be the most influential way of advertising.

This is shown very much in the purchasing of makeup or beauty products produced by celebs. Foe example, Kylie Jenner's makeup line or even Rihanna's Fenty Beauty line. We are more inclined to purchase their products based off of the fact we like their music and the way they look. The make-up may not be as good as they promote it to be or as good as they price it to be, but we purchase it anyways because we want to be like those celebs.

This right here is very important and seen a lot in the news lately. We are all raised to always trust authorities, especially those who are instructed to protect us like firemen, policeman, and ambulance professionals. Although, these are the same roles traffickers, rapists, and other criminal individuals take on to easily skew us from putting a guard up.

I can completely relate to this. As you all know, I have a 6-month old baby, well I also work in a restaurant where a lot of families come in to eat and they have small children as well. Just like when my baby is crying I go over and comfort her in whatever ways she needs. The type of restaurant I work at, our customers become really personally involved (our town in the size of a peanut practically), so sometimes I rock the baby to sleep or simply play a game like "miss marry mack" with them. My maternal instinct kicks in to keep the baby from getting upset.

I could completely see this to be true. When using persuasion for good, it might take someone who is new to a situation or object to be persuaded by receiving more information on a topic to be more open to accepting the direction to go. Whereas, when someone is trying to get you to do or sell something that will mainly benefit them, that is manipulating with persuasion.

Reading this, my mind immediately goes to when someone comes up to you and compliments you in some way, you immediately think "what do they want?." Just like the text states sometimes we do not know for sure. For example,say you are an attorney and a guy could walk up to you and compliment your outfit. Your immediate thought might be, "he's hitting on me." But the truth may be, he is trying to butter you up because he wants intel for a story he is writing for a newspaper.

This is something I feel like many of us can relate to. I know personally, I am exploring my options on ways to live my life and what is most beneficial. I am exploring what makes me happy, sad, uncomfortable, etc. Really I feel like we all have been experiencing these types of discoveries since around the age of 13. Although, in today's society I have noticed that the discovery is starting much earlier in the ages of 10.

When I read this, I immediately thought about how someone will tell you a story and you all discuss it and how things could of been "better or worse." Then you hear that person tell the same story again to someone that you guys are around but it changed slightly to sound like it was much worse or that they did something better than the original story they told you. People will rewrite their stories to make themselves look like they have accomplished more than they have or even went through a more traumatic event then they really did.

These reactions sound similar to those with depression. Although, it does seem as though depression could be an additional side effect to social anxiety.

I personally was affected by this over the weekend. As a mom, I receive a lot of unwanted comments or concerns about my daughter from older women and men. Well, during a Church event I started to become anxious because a group of women approached me and told me they felt like I shouldn't of dressed my daughter in her costume because it was too cold and she needs to be inside instead of Trunk or treating because it's windy. I then saw them go over to people and started pointing at me throughout the whole function. I started to get really upset and secluded my family to a small table because I was afraid I was going to get more negative feedback for trying to give my daughter a nice Halloween. I knew my daughter was warm and dressed and that I was doing nothing wrong, but I was paralyzed by the words of the older ladies because of that fear of negative evaluation.

Do you believe that social anxiety could have been created from the effect or society placing social norms in place therefore singling out people who are different than those norms?

I think a good example of this would be past relationships. For example, when you break up with someone because your unhappy or it's just not working, and then they move on to someone else. Well, depending on how the relationship ended would depend on how your emotions would respond to the new news. For example, if it was mutual on both sides or you were the one to leave them without a negative circumstance than you may feel happy for them and it does not bother you. Although, if they hurt you somehow and you left to further protect yourself, you may feel envious towards the new individual and compare what they have going on.

I can definitely understand this too be true, although there are individuals out there that this may not pertain too. For example, people who are just competitive in nature. No matter if they have an knowledge in a particular area or not, if someone claims to be "better" at something than them, they will begin to compare themselves and fantasize a separate reality.

Social comparison is what drives the presence of sports so much in human nature. Without the desire to perform better than someone than competition would not exist. Majority of our entertainment is made off of the need of entertainment, sports just being one example. More examples could include music artists, actors, and dancers. All of these areas contain individuals who are competing to be the best at their profession and in some cases attempting to receive an award.

I can definitely say I have experienced this rather recently. I went from working at Chili's to working at a locally owned restaurant and bar. Of course the basics of serving stayed the same, although the system through the restaurant is very different. I went from a completely electronic system to all paper and ticket system. I went from having a hostess and a "section" to customers picking their own seats and just grabbing a table. Therefore, I had an event schema that was consistent to a certain point then it was very different. There are gonna be some changes always needed to be made in every new situation, it's just how well can you handle them?

On Grey's Anatomy you see this a lot, especially with their athletic clients. They go in for a simple fracture and end up having a severe deficiency that could potentially take them out the game. They proceed to disagree with results, leave and then end up returning with a more severe injury due to their deficiency.

Touching on a wide renowned topic, this right here is exactly the reason why racism still exists today. The older generations teaching their social contexts in the same form of negative interactions with their children. I grew up in McCormick and attend high school there where the majority of students were African Americans. While in school I was a cheerleader and a softball player and through both sports events I would witness and hear many racist remarks and comments. When people find out where I am from, they make all sorts of remarks thinking that I would agree with them and when I don't they always respond with "what's wrong with you?" It's all about the social contexts that they were raised in, not about their own personal experiences.

While this may be true in most cases, I find this effect to be particularly annoying. Like if I just met someone and they begin to mimic types of social behavior that I am giving off, I'm gonna feel a bit like they are trying too hard to be my friend instead of feeling genuine. Of course, they may already have those same social behaviors, although typically you can tell if that is something they do naturally on a daily basis.

I can really see this to be true. Overtime, when I come home I automatically begin to unpack and get everything ready for what I need for the next day while also unpacking the current day. I feel like I adapted this automatic behavior process from having to constantly get everything ready for the next day right before bed. Subconsciously, my mind must of developed a better plan and incorporated it into my routine.

If you really think about it, colleges engage in encouraging self-regulation repeatedly with syllabuses and campus' code of conduct. They start that from the beginning of every year, every semester, and as well as every class. Going back to the beginning of the text were it was said that individuals who go to college do better in life with self-regulation and live a happier life. Do you believe that to be true due to the fact that to get through college you are continuously taught to self-regulate?

If I am understanding this sentence correctly then it is stating that "over-controlled: is no a result of an excess on self-regulation. If I am correct in my perception, then I completely agree. There are a few common psychological analyses that are linked to this already such as OCD and even simply anxiety.

I could definitely see this to be very true! Most criminal acts are done on a lack of impulse control, which was mentioned earlier as being 1 of 4 categories in self-control. Also, not to mention that they lack the boundaries of living out their illegal fantasies. This has always been shown in many research programs conducted by criminal psychologists in looking for a reason behind criminal behavior.

Let's be adults and real for a second. When you become sexually attracted do you think "That person would make great children with me?" Now yes that may be a good thing to think about when your trying to settle down with someone, but to most people I know and meet, sexual attraction is based off of purely pleasure at the current moment, not whether or not they want to have a baby with a person.

With this in mind, do you think that when measuring demographics maybe researchers or surveyors should use both terms? Gender to refer to how one identifies vs sex with what organs they may have. Do you feel like this would give a better understanding on the fluidity of roles or would it just hinder the societal norms by giving them more labels to put onto people?

I am indeed a very religious person. With that in mind, It amazes me how many religious people are so shy to discuss any type of sexual topic. It is truly a taboo or a "cursed topic" and should only be discussed behind closed doors in private. It is such a basic form of human nature, although even reading about it within one's own religious text still seems to be unheard of.

I had a friend who was in a very serious relationship to the extent that they were on the verge of getting married. One day she started to talk to e about how she flt like her and her fiance didn't really do too much with each other anymore or show anything but the daily routine of affection, nothing too intimate. Unfourtunatle yshortly after this conversations he broke off their engagement because she felt like she was settling in being unhappy and felt herself beginning on the depression path. Imagine if she would of gotten married, she could of continued to escalate into depression and lost herself.

I find this very interesting. Maybe it's just my anxiety speaking or my perception of personal experiences, but I tend to have more negative experiences. Although, as I mentioned earlier I believe in the "think, speak,act positively" rule, therefore I tend to attempt and somewhat successful in changing a negative experience into a positive one. Therefore, I could see this statement as being true to an extent. It all really depends on the individuals outlook on life.

This is something that I have always said and was surprised to find i here in our readings! I wasn't necessarily saying it in terms of relationships, yet life in general. If you think, speak, and act more positively than the negative will be outweighed.

I can say this is very true just from personal experience! In high-school i was in a 3 and half year relationship just to find out he was cheating on me. I was in my first year of college when all this came to light. I'm not gonna lie, I started to do poorly on my assignments and tests which was very unlike me. Also, it was getting to the point where I wasn't necessarily hungry sometimes, causing my weight to drop severely. a "broken heart" really can show to be very disastrous.

Yes this is very true!! I personally am breastfeeding my child and as I went through a lactation class they made it known that stress and negative emotions can really hinder your milk supply due to a lack of oxytocin coursing through your system.

I find this to be extremely true. I myself am more attached to my daughter but not so much my dog. I have had my dog for two years now and my daughter is only 4 months old. Even though my dog can reciprocate feelings back to me in a way through kisses and affection, my connection to my daughter is on a whole other level. Not saying I don't have a lot of love for my dog, it's just my daughter receives more.

I was just thinking about honeybees reading just the beginning of the article. They work hard together to make sure they all survive and all have jobs to keep up their beehive as shown in the movie "The Bee Movie". Its also shown in the life of Ants as well, as they all work together to gather bits and pieces of food.

My engagement/marriage traditions are very similar to those of everyone else's. Typically the man always proposes, although my traditions are changing. My aunt proposed to her husband after saying no to him just 6 months before. Then with the development of the LGBTQ community, women are proposing to other women, men are proposing to other men, and so on and so forth. It is an ever changing process.

I personally take this to heart. Both of my parents abandoned me with my grandparents and when I became a mom I was afraid I was copying my mom's footsteps. I had gotten pregnant at the same age and during the same stage in my life. Although, my grandmother made sure to tell me that I was not a product of my mother's actions. She was practicing coherence. She was assuring me that the circumstances that I was raised in does not represent the mother I will be to my daughter.

I have a friend who by definition fits this type of attachment. His mom was very inconsistent in his life as she just came and went the older her got. He now has the problem with letting either others depend on him or with depending on someone else. He never really feels comfortable getting close to any one individual person. He has a very outgoing personality, although he shows so much distrust that he seems almost introverted due to his extreme independent lifestyle. Disclaimer: I had asked permission from him to tell his story.

I personally know about 4 people who have met their significant other online. Two of these people got married, one is currently engaged, and the fourth has been with their significant other for about three years now. Majority of them resulted to online dating because they couldn't find someone in their immediate area of proximity. Using online dating, they found their significant other about an hour or so away from them.

I think people generally say opposites attract based off of the fact at first the just might. The reason behind this is probably because you may want something new or exciting in your life that you can't get by doing the same things over and over. Although, just like the text goes onto explain, after time one will end up prefer to be with someone who will enjoy similar things to them. For example, someone who may be introverted and likes to be a homebody may start to date someone who goes out all the time to help them learn to get out there. Although, that introverted side isn't going to want to do that all the time so after a while, the relationship may not stick. I have had personal experience with a situation like this and it turned out to work, but only if there was compromise. Do you believe that opposites could attract? Do you believe in both sides are willing to compromise with differences that they could prove the research listed in the article wrong?

Let first ask a few questions. Do you feel like this truly hallmarks high attraction? Do you feel like this hallmarks high attraction because society says so? We see individuals in tv shows such as Pretty Little Liars with these exact features and are led to believe simply by the name of the show that they represent the "beautiful"population. For example, Hannah was once fat and made fun of, although when she got skinny, started getting her hair and eyebrows done, and dressed more feminine, she became part of the 'it crowd.' Isn't her personality still the same though? She's still the sweet girl she was, so why did she have to become skinny and "perfect" to be considered attractive?

I have seen this done first hand. I had to sit down with multiple possible hires with my manager and help decide who would be a good fit for our business. Of course, I figured it was based off of experience and how capable they can be in learning our protocol. I was wrong. Yes experience was important, but mostly my manager was looking for those who are more attractive, because he wanted to have a "pleasant" looking staff so people would be more likely to return. Therefore, I believe I watched the attractiveness halo in affect first-hand.

Based on personal experiences I believe that quality of social support provides a better sense of happiness than the quantity of social support. Yes, I can agree that at first the quantity of social relationships causes a feeling of acceptance, although overtime it can become to feel lonely as people develop and move along. The people who remain close in communication are those who show a high quality of social support. What do you guys believe based off of your own personal experiences?

The TV show Grey's Anatomy is a great representation of this finding. Every person that works in the hospital has some sort of relationship with one another due to the fact that they see each other for most of their days. Whether these individuals would get into disagreements or not, they still considered each other as family. I have always wondered if all hospitals hav staff members who form a family bond as close knit. Do you all think that this could possibly be true?

I completely agree with the statement on authoritative parenting. My parents were always very supportive in my goals and interests. They also demanded a certain amount of respect from me as well as expected me to follow certain rules and expectations that they had for me. I feel as though this parenting style encouraged me to grow and set up a good foundation for my future.