Research is important because it allows you to investigate things that are relatively unclear. If you don't understand something, you can simply research more about it to help you understand. Research is an important part of life that has helped us in finding great things such as cures.
I read the research article called "The Acceptance Prophecy: How You Control Who Likes You." This article talked all about the 'acceptance prophecy' which says that if you think someone will like or accept you, you act more warm and nice to them. Also, if you think someone will not accept you, you will probably act cold and shy around them, causing them to not you. In this article, scientists tested this and found that when people felt like their risk of rejection was low, they were more friendly and welcome. When the risk was high, they were more quiet and shy. People who thought they would be accepted were more confident opposed to those who thought they would be rejected. I think this article is relative to my life because everyone has to go through the acceptance and rejection stage and we are all afraid of it. We have no way of being 100% positive that acceptance is the answer, but we have to ability to believe that we will be accepted. We shouldn't frown upon this even if we get rejected. Rejection is another part of the 'acceptance prophecy' that we all have to get over. Acceptance is what we want, rejection is what we may get.
This chapter taught me other things, such as: psychology is a scientific process that allows us to read the human mind more in depth, research is a very important part of psychology because there is much more to be explored.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Rejection is something I tend to fear a lot. I liked this artice it gave me a new perspective on how I should act when faced with the possibility of rejection.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that rejection is something that everyone has to deal with. I like how this article proves though that you pretty much have complete controle over whether or not you are accepted, at least most of the time anyways. I think that's a very intersting point to look at.
ReplyDelete"The Acceptance Prophecy" article reminds me of a quote I heard a long time ago. "If you believe you can or you can't, your right." I believe this quote fits this article perfectly. We decide what happens in our life by how we depict it in our minds beforehand. Just like if we are confident in acceptance, we will most likely be accepted and if we are afraid, we will most likely be rejected.
ReplyDeleteThis concept also reminds me of an animal training tip that I learned. When riding a horse and then asking it to stop, most people will naturally sit back in the saddle and put more weight in it. Even though this is not a conscious move on the rider's part, the horse can feel it. This same concept pertains to any animal and to any person when asking for any command. The animal becomes accustomed to and recognizes the seemingly simple, microscopic, and unconscious signs people give them when we are about to ask the animals to do something. We do not realize we are doing such things as "putting more weight in the saddle." All we do is think, "I want to horse to stop." Therefore our body reacts to what our minds are thinking whether we realize it or not!