In this article i read that studies have shown that if meet someone who you think will accept you more, you will act more warmly towards them. If you meet a person and you don't think they will accept you, generally you will act less friendly. They did a study of 24 men, half were told vague details about the female they were meeting, and the other half were told the females were nervous the men would accept them. The twelve that had vague details went in noticeably less warm and open. The other twelve that thought their dates were nervous acted quite valiantly and succeeded well.
I personally thought that the people who took time to test this wasted their time. It was not that hard to figure out that if your date is nervous then you won't be as nervous. Nonetheless, they did a good job, and i am sure others will enjoy this article.
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This is very true, especially in high school situations. I remember being a freshman and thinking that ALL upperclassmen hated me, so I'd avoid eye contact etc. and probably seemed pretty stuck up in result. It's interesting to look at from the guy/girl perspective though.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, I've only been going to public school for 2 years and this article really opened my eyes. When I first came to school I thought no one would want to even talk to me so everyones impression was that I was stuck up and didn't want to talk to anyone. Now however, that has changed thankfully. So yes, this article made a lot of sense to me.
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