I need to write a paper for my psych class, and I'd like to relate it to surfing somehow. I can be about virtually anything. Culture of surfing? But there's so much diversity. I don't know. I just wanted to see if anyone else could come up with something.|||You can write about the internal thrill of surfing. The rush that people experience when doing it and relate that to the pleasure part of the brain...and how addicting the feeling is regardless of the risk. You can discuss risk averse vs. risk taking based on internal values....feeling happy while surfing is of great value and worth the risk. You can look into Expected Utility and Expected Value theory...there might be something there...I forget, it's been a while. I'm just throwing something out there...maybe you can go on that.|||well i hear from surfers that it acts as a sort of meditation for them, calms them and helps them reconnect with nature, that could be tied in with psychology.
They are out there alone conquering deadly waves and learning to move with them. They cant control the waves so they learn to go with the flow and let the waves take them.
I dunno just an idea...|||Surf culture would be interesting! You could include the enculturation process, language and communication, self and identity, personality, etc. Check out this link below, it's got everything surf including dictionary, culture, and much more!
Psychology also studies stereotypes, you could do it on the stereotypical image of a "surfer dude".
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