The most memorable thing I learned in psychology...that's a tough decision because there are two concepts that I have already seen more prevalent in my everyday life. By this occurrence I know that they are going to stay with me for longer than five years. The first is nature versus nurture. Before psychology I really never thought about the concept before. Now my friends and I end up on (basically) a daily basis joking/ debating about situations and behaviors we come across: "Nature versus Nurture?" I have become so intrigued with this concept that I wonder about it a lot, so I can only see myself thinking about it in the future.
The second concept that I see myself remembering and using in the future is conformity. I always knew that I cared about what people think, but I never thought about it in depth, the way the book talks about conformity. For instance, after the video of the line experiment (Asch) that we watched, I thought I would probably be like the others and conform in that situation, even though I knew the answer was wrong. Then I realized I have done that before, many times. One example is: last year, when picking designs for my cheerleading team's fundraiser t-shirts, I picked the design that everyone picked. I did not really like the design, but I picked it so I would not be different. Social psychology is obviously incredibly easy to relate to that it would be hard not to remember this concept!
I see Nature, Nurture, and Conformity in my Future
I agree. I will definitely remember these two concepts five years from now. These two subjects are very prevalent in everyday life. Nature and Nurture do shape everybody's life differently which I find amazing. Conformity is another issue that I find interesting because it can control the way people act in fascinating ways.
I agree that nature vs nurture is an extremely important debate. I've covered it previously in a biology class I took last semester and going over the psychological perspective of this debate as well was interesting. It's cool to be able to observe both aspects of the debate in our lives and the lives of others. Conformity is also an applicable topic that we see daily. It's interesting to see the lengths people will go to fit in rather than express their own opinions.