Fish-and-water effect

My roommate is very messy! She will wait weeks at a time until doing the dishes, the trash only gets taken out if I do it, and the room is always a mess. She is aware of my personality and how I like to work and live in a clean environment, or else I cannot focus. Since she is the exact opposite, she does not view cleaning as a priority. I have tried leaving subtle hints such as “I want to sweep the floor today or Wow this week the room got very messy!” After my hints went unnoticed, I would ask her to help me clean. I would be told that she would do it, but one month has passed and it is still not done. Just the other day, she said to a friend of ours, “What do you mean? I am the cleanest roommate out of all of us!”

She is showing us the example of Fish-and-water effect. This effect falls under S Data which is used to measure someone’s personality. Fish are always in water, therefore they do not realize that they are always wet. The same goes for people. For example, my roommate is very messy all the time, but does not acknowledge or attempt to realize it.