say a smoker tells you that smoking is bad. why is it our first thought to not believe them because they are contradicting their actions? their advice should be thought of as more valid since they have first-hand experience.
2006-11-02 19:52:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I think it's deep in our (humans') brain-wiring somewhere. A child learns mostly by observation and experiment. "Do as I say, don't do as I do" has never been a very effective parenting strategy. A child assumes (again, I mean in the deep subconscious) that its parents (or other carers) are trustworthy and understand the world it has come into and that it has to learn from them. NAture's safety-survival strategy. If it sees the parents are unhappy doing what they do, it learns differently - to be wary. A young child picks up incongruence more easily and less awarely than an adult (remember the tale of the emperor's new clothes).
2006-11-06 01:27:27 · answer #1 · answered by MBK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because as a society we believe that you lead by example in this case the smoker is not leading by example therefore people won't take him seriously and will disregard what he has to say about the topic of smoking but that's the way people are
2006-11-03 15:41:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
READ BOOK OF JAMES CHAP ONE VERSE 5-8
READ BOOK JEREMIAH CHAP 23:33
CURSE IS THE MAN THAT LISTENS TO A DOUBLE MINDED MAN.
NEVER EVER LISTEN TO A HYPOCRITE---YOU ARE DOOMED FOR SURE.JUST AS THEY ARE....
2006-11-03 03:56:03 · answer #3 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we look at them shoving cigerettes in their mouths and wonder how they do it and then they say 'this is bad'..hence looking at the definition of hypocrite and knowing what it means ie sociology.
mwah
2006-11-03 04:51:40 · answer #4 · answered by donjya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree if a smorer tells you nat to smoke its cuzz thay know about smokeing and thay are trying to stop you from moakeing a mistake as thay did ooo and dont lissen to cork i know him he is a dumbass
2006-11-03 04:00:05 · answer #5 · answered by Johnny f 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SMOKERS AREN'T HYPOCRITES-THERE WANTING TO QUIT BUT THERE VERY ADDICTING THANKS TO OUR 'COVER-UP' INGREDIENT THAT THEY, 'TOBACCO INDUSTRIES', DIDN'T MENTION. IT'S KINDA LIKE A 'CRACK' SMOKER,OR A TEENS HAVING SEX/OR KIDS BEFORE THEY ARE OF AGE. IT'S CALLED CHOICES/MISTAKES EVERYBODY HAS THEM,MAKES THEM AND TAKES THEM. CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK IS JUST THAT.
2006-11-03 04:11:38 · answer #6 · answered by HADITDUN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋