Classical Conditioning

There once was a small child named Andrea. Andrea lived a very happy and fulfilled life, expect for one problem that she had acquired...

When Andrea was a small child, she quite often enjoyed reading Harry Potter books over and over again every weekend and every night she could. She even loved Harry Potter so much, she got a picture with the two main stars after she stalked them down. However, while reading her beloved books, she quite often would become cold and would need her Harry Potter blanket and her Hedwig stuffed animal to keep her warm. But, with her feet wrapped within the wraith of the blankets she felt she was unable to free them, and she began to dislike her Harry Potter blanket. Her feet felt eternally trapped within the blankets wrap, and she very soon began to fear having not only that blanket, but all blankets covering her feet. She saw the blankets and scaaarryyyy monsters trying to eat her feet. Therefore, whenever she saw a blanket, she would run away and seek refuge in watching a Harry Potter movie wrapped in her bright pink Snuggie instead. But, as her blanket was Harry Potter themed, she also began to get a tingly feeling in her feet at the sight of Harry Potter, so she was forced to seek refuge elsewhere. However, once summer time rolled around, Andrea no longer felt the need to use blankets so her fear for them slowly dissipated, and she no longer screamed at the mere sight of a blanket. But, once summer time had come and gone, Andrea began to feel a slight chill within her house, and began to look for something to keep her warm, and upon the sight of the blanket, her feet got an odd feeling..

Social-Learning

 Being your own individual person and saying you are is a nearly impossible thing to do in todays society. Pretty much every single person is influenced by either their environment in which they live or the people they are surrounded by. Whether it be the way you react to certain things, or the way you dress, act and talk. For example, if one of your friends started to wear a certain fashion, and the fashion caught on, chances are that you would begin to dress in the same way as a way to fit in and be similar to other people. These actions and behaviors all show the example of the social learning personality theory. This theory is based off of social learning and external forces causing you to decide on life choices.

  The social learning theory has a huge influence on my daily life that i observe. Basically a person's entire personality and external appearances can be based off of social learning. My peers at school each have their own style that is based off of a desire to be the way they have learned socially is acceptable. The different type of cliques illustrate this, as people go off of what their friends wear and what their friends act like. They may adopt the same interests as their friends, such as an insane obsession for the cuteness of baby hippos and baby otters!

I've noticed personally several people who have changed their personality due to a new group of friends and what they think. External forces truly do have a very great influence on what a person is like.