SP3450
Week 1 Assignment 1
By
Andrew Timmons
The social psychological theory I chose was sociocultural perspective. I learned this early on in High School. I noticed higher status being given to the guys who had cars to drive. So, early on I was motivated to get a job so I could buy a car. And the guys with the cooler cars were even more popular. There are many examples I could use to demonstrate this type of phenomenon in High School, but I believe this to be one of the most basic examples. One could easily argue this to be more of a socioeconomic status symbol but that would be getting ahead of ourselves. Personally, I find perspective to be one of the most important tools in psychology. The best