Nicole's parents are often inconsistent in terms of their behaviors and what they say. For example, they often tell Nicole how i
mportant it is to be polite but are not very polite themselves when it comes to letting other people off airplanes or giving up seats in public buses. How would one expect this contradiction to impact Nicole's behavior?
She would act rudely but talk about how important it is to be polite.
Explanation:
Children are the reflection of their parents. So it is common that in adulthood, they reproduce the same behavior that their parents adopted. Nicole's parents are contradictory, say it's important for her to be polite, but act rude. Nicole will probably absorb this behavior and be as contradictory as her parents. Nicole is likely to tell her children that it is important to act polite, but she will act rude.
