PsyBlog: How Other People's Unspoken Expectations Control Us

This PsyBlog talked about how we immediately conform to how others expect us to act by our looks.  A person who is attractive often times acts more animated.  They did an experiment where they gave the men a picture of a woman.  Half of the men were given a picture of a woman who was rated an 8 out of 10 and the other half given a picture of a woman who was rated a 2 out of 10.  Then, they got on the phone and talked to a woman without seeing her.  If the man expected an attractive woman, the person on the other side of the phone caught onto that and talked more animated and enjoyed the conversation more and vice versa.  

I thought that was really interesting.  I do think that we try to conform to others' expectations of us.  For example, my friends expect me to be funny, so I act funny.  My parents expect me to be well behaved so, for the most part, I try to please them while around them.  My teachers expect me to be smart, my brother expects me to be mean, and so on.