Sarah's Night
Sarah's Night Out
PSY/201
October 27, 2013
Sarah's Night Out
Factors that contributed toward Sarah’s attitude regarding her curfew was that she has never been in any trouble before. She gets good grades and is a rule-follower. I am sure she thought, one time coming home late is not going to cause any trouble. I doubt she thought about the consequences because she had never been in trouble. Even though she knew she may be in trouble, she thought that it would not be very much trouble because she has never been in any trouble. She always had followed the rules. Another factor was that these were new friends that wanted her to go to the party. Sarah wanted to impress them. Maybe Sara did not have many friends, and she wanted to make sure to make a good impression on these new friends. New friends can be exciting, and the thought of going to a party excited her more because she had never been to a party. Sarah was trying to impress these friends by doing things she had never done.
The ways Sarah displayed cognitive dissonance was her excitement of having new friends, and doing something different, but at the same time she was uneasy about going to the party because she knew she should be home and was worried that she may get caught, and get into trouble with her parents. She still had fun at the party and was glad that she went, but she still knew she should have been at home, and should have obeyed her parent’s rules.
Sara conformed to her peer’s beliefs by going to the party with them. They told her how much fun she would have, and she would be missing out if she did not go. Sara gave into peer pressure. Even though she knew this would cause problems with her parents, she wanted her new friends to like her. That is why she gave into the peer pressure. Sara also had the excitement of going to the party. She had never been to a party before and was excited as well as curious.
Some of the reasons Jack was interested in Sara was because he found her
PSY/201
October 27, 2013
Sarah's Night Out
Factors that contributed toward Sarah’s attitude regarding her curfew was that she has never been in any trouble before. She gets good grades and is a rule-follower. I am sure she thought, one time coming home late is not going to cause any trouble. I doubt she thought about the consequences because she had never been in trouble. Even though she knew she may be in trouble, she thought that it would not be very much trouble because she has never been in any trouble. She always had followed the rules. Another factor was that these were new friends that wanted her to go to the party. Sarah wanted to impress them. Maybe Sara did not have many friends, and she wanted to make sure to make a good impression on these new friends. New friends can be exciting, and the thought of going to a party excited her more because she had never been to a party. Sarah was trying to impress these friends by doing things she had never done.
The ways Sarah displayed cognitive dissonance was her excitement of having new friends, and doing something different, but at the same time she was uneasy about going to the party because she knew she should be home and was worried that she may get caught, and get into trouble with her parents. She still had fun at the party and was glad that she went, but she still knew she should have been at home, and should have obeyed her parent’s rules.
Sara conformed to her peer’s beliefs by going to the party with them. They told her how much fun she would have, and she would be missing out if she did not go. Sara gave into peer pressure. Even though she knew this would cause problems with her parents, she wanted her new friends to like her. That is why she gave into the peer pressure. Sara also had the excitement of going to the party. She had never been to a party before and was excited as well as curious.
Some of the reasons Jack was interested in Sara was because he found her