Examples Of Social Expectancy Violation

Personal Application
I have experienced EVT in practice in my own life especially as a troublesome child. I recall one instance where my mother called the police on me after I had decided to stay after school and hang out with friends without letting her know. After realizing that my mother was furious with me after she was on the phone with my friend’s mother, I rushed home expecting to face fury that even hell hath not. To my great surprise, and hence expectation violation, my mother only silently and calmly walked into my room, sitting on my bed as she looked at the floor. In an incredibly measured tone, she simply asked why I had done what I had done (I was raised very strictly as to come straight home from school and not go outside). After my prepubescent response, she simply left saying I was grounded for two months. This experience was and is particularly jarring for

This theory was expounded upon when viewed in light of the two studies that examined EVT in romantic relationships and in CMC context of social media sites. The Social Expectancy Violations Study revealed that not only do expectancy violations generate larger ERP responses, but also that recall was more consistent with negative than it was with positive behavior. In the Victim Effect Study found that a rape victim was more likely to be believed if their emotional behavior matched police expectancy of stereotypical behavior. The last study, Getting What’s Expected, further strengthened EVT by recording students’ expectancy violations in a sociology course. Of course, this has very practical application in everyday life. I have personally experienced it when facing punishment as a child and can testify to its effectiveness in generating affective responses. This theory may very well lead to an evolution of how we understand human responses to expectancy