This summer break my family and I went to the UK and Ireland for the first time, we started in London and travelled north towards Scotland before flying to Ireland. We spend almost three weeks exploring the countries and it was a very fun trip. In this picture, I am sitting on the glass at the Tower Bridge, London that looks upon the River Thames.
I remember this experience specifically because of the different reactions I saw from the people around me as they walked on the glass floor themselves. Some people were just a little hesitant before they took a step onto the glass, while some others way to fearful to even take a look at the transparent screen beneath them. I also came to realise that all the reactions that I could see from the people around me, somehow influenced my reaction and feeling towards getting on the glass floor.
Walking on a fully transparent floor that looks down on a great height can be quite a nerve-wracking thought. I remember feeling a little hesitant to begin myself even though there were already many people on it covering parts of the floor with little to no fear. I think this was my cognitive approach to psychology taking place there as it analysed the possible repercussions of stepping on the glass floor. By analysing my knowledge of heights from my memory, and looking at the other people on the floor there I decided to also get on to the floor. Personally, I’ve never had a fear of heights as I have always lived in high rise apartments, which should have made me less hesitant but seeing many other people coming closer to the floor with a look of dread on their faces, somehow influenced me to also feel nervous. This could come under the sociocultural approach of psychology as the environment around me really affected my reactions.
However, once I got on the hesitation went away immediately due to the assurance and the children dancing on the glass floor also provide a sense of fearlessness.