The sexiest of them all...

Alright so it's been a whole semester of social psychology and now it's time to announce my favorite theories and theorists.

So here they are, the top five sexiest theories:

1.Cognitive Dissonance- Hands down! Who thought that the reason for why we make up excuses or change our minds about something would have such a cool name.

2.Social Comparison- This is one of my favorite theories because I enjoy people watching and through this I get to see who my “similar others” are and who other people compare themselves with.

3.Psychological Reactance- The explanation for teenage rebellion. Let’s just tell them to go out and do whatever they want! Maybe that way they’ll behave!

4.Self-Fulfilling prophecy- The best way to make students smarter! Just believe that they will be.

5.Self-verification- This concept is one of the sexiest in social psych. Who would’ve thought that we were attracted to people that told us the truth even if it’s ugly.

Top five sexiest social psychologists:

1.Leon Festinger- His two theories are on my top five sexiest theories; of course he’s number one!

2.David G. Myers- “The science of happiness” was one of my favorite articles this semester. Also, he had three of his books presented at our project showcase!

3.Bill Swann- He came up with self-verification theory, did research in a mall and a ranch, and his methods in his manuscript included a side note that the results a few participants were excluded because they did not match on the number of children they had. That kept my attention for the rest of the article.

4.John Gottman- He can tell whether or not a couple will last just by hearing the story of how they met. That’s pretty sexy!

5.Norman Triplett- The founder of social psychology. The reason all the rest of this exists!