...What is Social Psychology? Psychology has many divisions including abnormal, cognitive, developmental, comparative, educational, experimental, and a multitude of others. It is a diverse and complex field of study, with each branch focusing on its own perspective of human thought and behavior. Social psychology spotlights human behavior as it relates to social interactions, influences, and relationships. It seeks to understand why people in society behave the way they do with each other and to determine the cause of societal conformities, beliefs, and trends. The following paper provides an overview of social psychology; its definition, how it differs from other branches, and the role of research in the discipline. Social Psychology Defined Social psychology is defined as "the scientific study of how people think about, influence, and relate to each other" (Myers, 2010). The main concepts studied within the field of social psychology include social thinking, influence, and relations. Social thinking encompasses how people perceive themselves and others, their attitudes, beliefs, and judgments. Social influences encompasses how culture, social situations, groups of people, and the accompanying temperaments manipulates behavior. Finally, social relations refers to how relationships (attraction, intimacy, family), feelings toward others (prejudice, hostility, kindness), and biology relate to behavior (Myers, 2010). Social Psychology Differs From Other Disciplines ...
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...Kelley’s Attribution Theory Essay In this essay, readers will be presented with the literature review of Kelley’s attribution theory (1967), which was developed after the research done by Fritz Heider on attribution theory (1944, 1958). Moreover, a real world example relating to the theory will also be discussed along with the limitations and the three elements of the theory, which are consistency, distinctiveness and consensus. With that, recommendations will be given on how my experience can be improved with the chosen theory. There have been a great number of research done on perception over the last decade and social psychology had been primarily focused, perceiving causes of a person’s behavior (Kelley and Michela, 1980). In Kelley (1973), it is mentioned that Heider (1958) research has played a major role in contributing to the origination of attribution theory and it is still the major source cited in publications. Kelley’s attribution theory was also built onto Heider’s (1958) theory with an understanding that humans are “naïve psychologists” determining behaviors based on causes and effects (Hewstone and Jaspars, 1987). In Kelley (1973), it was mentioned that the central idea of attribution theory is the causal concept where human’s behavior relies on either the characteristics of the person (internal attribution) or the environment (external attribution). To determine whether a person’s behavior is caused by internal or external attribution, Kelley’s theory requires...
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...~ Lisa Young ~ DOB: 21st November 1989 E: l.young5@hotmail.com P: 0426 944 046 ------------------------------------------------- * Employment History – Nov 2011 – Dec 2011 Receptionist/Administration (Temporary Contract) Origin Energy- Milton, West End, Brisbane * Answering and redirecting all telephone enquires * First point of contact for visitors and contractors * Responsible for all visitors, visitor inductions and security card access * Administration support for internal staff * Setting up and clearing of meeting rooms * General administrational tasks * Processing of inbound and outbound mail and couriers Sept 2011 – Nov 2011 Receptionist/Administration (Temporary Contract) Interior Engineering- Milton, Brisbane * Answering and redirecting all telephone enquiries * First point of contact for visitors and contractors * Creating Project proposals * Creating and setting up new jobs * Administration support for internal staff * Responsible for cleaning of the kitchen * Stationary ordering * Ordering of Catering * General administration including mail, couriers and filing * Booking flights and car hire for staff July 2011- July 2011 Receptionist (Temporary Contract) (1 Day) Contact Energy Head Office, Wellington * First point of contact for internal and external staff, visitors and contractors * Responsible for meeting room, data show, company...
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...Social Psychology and Multicultural Psychology Paper This paper will describe how social psychology can be defined and expanded; by the influence it has social on others. Describing the primary research strategies used in social psychology that can involve variables and hypotheses, along with separating social and multicultural psychology in to two distinct fields. Social psychology can be defined as the scientific attempt to explain how the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of other human beings (Fiske, 2010). These social influence can have an affects not only o our insignificant behavior but can also affects vital behavior, such as yielding to majority opinion over one’s own judgment, Fiske, Harris, & Cuddy, 2004)Our book gives us many example from the folding of paper to being in a cult. Any decisions a person makes can be based on the environment the y are in. The people you are around can have a great effect on who we because as a person and what your goals in life are. Most times when I watch the news I wonder why people choose to do crime and feel not remorse for what they do. Social psychology primarily analyzes what happens to people as individuals. When social scientists investigate the behavior of groups of people, they move toward the sociological end of social psychology; indeed, some social psychologists work in sociology departments. The primary research strategies used in these social...
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...Analysis of Consumer Behavior quotes “We surround ourselves with valued material possessions as a matter of our lives taking course. A sense of linkage to the concrete and observable world external to ourselves permits us to obtain a sense of stability and continuity in an otherwise less stable existence”. Discuss Introduction Psychology is important in many aspects of business, not least in the whole area of marketing and advertising. An understanding of the consumer behaviour is an essential part of the psychology of marketing. This essay will firstly give an explanation of consumer behaviour. Following this, it will discuss the benefits of the applications of consumer behaviours. Finally, it will look at the explication of attachment in consumer behaviours in the quote “We surround ourselves with valued material possessions as a matter of our lives taking course; a sense of linkage to the concrete and observable world external to ourselves permits us to obtain a sense of stability and continuity in an otherwise less stable existence.” Consumer Behaviour Consumer behaviour is a complex, multi-disciplinary theory contributed from a variety of social sciences. The microeconomic demand theory, the foundation theory of market economy, is focused on what prospect effect the changes in income and price has on demand under the prerequisite of stable preferences; it does not provide explanation of the dynamics of the many factors in between, for instance, what influence income and...
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...skills have been added to many curricula. Diff: 1 Objective: Management and Leadership Quest. Category: Concept/Definitional LO: 1 2) Which of the following is not a reason why business schools have begun to include classes on organizational behavior? A) to increase manager effectiveness in organizations B) to help organizations attract top quality employees C) to expand organizations' consulting needs D) to improve retention of quality workers E) to help increase organizations' profits Answer: C Explanation: C) Understanding human behavior plays an important role in determining a manager's effectiveness. Developing managers' interpersonal skills helps organizations attract and keep high-performing employees. Positive social relationships are associated with lower stress at work and lower turnover. Finally, companies with reputations as good places to work have been found to generate superior financial performance. Expanding a company's consulting needs is not a positive reason to teach organizational behavior. Diff: 2 Objective: Interpersonal Skills Quest. Category: Concept/Definitional LO: 1 3) ________...
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...Researching Community Psychology Barbara Avery Capella University Table of Content Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………….4 What is Community Psychology………………………………………………………………….4 Visions and Goals ….......................................................................................................................5 Reflection of Passion ……………………………………………………………………………..4 Research Question……………………………………………………………………………….5 Practices to Assist in Treating Intercity Youths………………………………………………….5. Technology Impact……………………………………………………………………………….5 Relationship between Behavior of Intercity Youths and Role Models………………………….6 Application of Findings…………………………………………………………………………7 Integration of future Vision and Scholarships…………………………………………………..7 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….7 References……………………………………………………………………………………….8 Abstract This paper explains the visions and goals of a psychology practitioner who specifies in the Community Psychology. It explores the passions that associated this particular field of psychology. It will define and describe what “Community Psychology” is and the needed skills, abilities, and requirements that associated with the field. While exploring the field of Community Psychology, intertwining the visions and goals of the practitioner with specifics that will assist with the passion to achieve those goals and visions is explored. The practitioner’s compassion for intercity...
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...1042-2587 © 2008 by Baylor University E T&P The Effect of Small Business Managers’ Growth Motivation on Firm Growth: A Longitudinal Study Frédéric Delmar1 Johan Wiklund This study addresses the role of small business managers’ growth motivation for business growth, taking into account the important effects of previous motives and feedback from earlier performance. We hypothesize that small business managers’ growth motivation has a unique influence on firm outcome measured as growth in sales and in number of employees. Data were gathered from two different Swedish samples of small firms using telephone interviews. Using cross-lagged regression analysis, we find support for our hypotheses when examining employment growth, but only partial support when examining sales. Introduction The psychological construct of motivation has an important role to play in entrepreneurship research. As stated by Shane, Locke, and Collins (2003, p. 257): “We believe that the development of entrepreneurship theory requires consideration of the motivations of people making entrepreneurial decisions.” One of the areas in entrepreneurship where motivation is potentially of great importance relates to firm growth. There is research to suggest that growth is one of the most important outcomes of entrepreneurial efforts because it indicates the degree of success of that effort (Bhidé, 1999; Venkataraman, 1997), and effort exerted is closely related to the individual’s motivation (Davidsson, Delmar...
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...How to Read a Journal Article in Social Psychology When approaching a journal article for the first time, and often on subsequent occasions, most people try to digest it as they would any piece of prose. They start at the beginning and read word for word, until eventually they arrive at the end, perhaps a little bewildered, but with a vague sense of relief. This is not an altogether terrible strategy; journal articles do have a logical structure that lends itself to this sort of reading. There are, however, more efficient approaches that enable you, a student of social psychology, to cut through peripheral details, avoid sophisticated statistics with which you may not be familiar, and focus on the central ideas in an article. Arming yourself with a little foreknowledge of what is contained in journal articles, as well as some practical advice on how to read them, should help you read journal articles more effectively. If this sounds tempting, read on. Journal articles offer a window into the inner workings of social psychology. They document how social psychologists formulate hypotheses, design empirical studies, analyze the observations they collect, and interpret their results. Journal articles also serve an invaluable archival function: They contain the full store of common and cumulative knowledge of social psychology. Having documentation of past research allows researchers to build on past findings and advance our understanding of social behavior, without pursuing avenues...
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...BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY MRS. JOVELYN P. CANTRELL The scientific study of human and animal behavior with the object of understanding why living beings behave as they do. The Science of Mind What is Business Psychology? “Business Psychology is the study and practice of improving working life. It combines an understanding of the science of human behaviour with experience of the world of work to attain effective and sustainable performance for both individuals and organisations” The Association for Business Psychology APPLIED SCIENCE Business Psychology is an applied science that investigates how to make people and organisations more effective. It uses social scientific research methods to study people, workplaces and organisations in order to better align their multiple and sometimes competing needs. Its goal is to create healthy and productive relationships between people and organisations for mutual benefit. Business Psychology dictates to organisations what constitutes effective organisational practice. It has a reciprocal relationship with business and draws insights from those with experience of what works at work. This enables psychological research to be applied pragmatically and in a way that is appropriate to the situation. It also allows a cross fertilisation of experience from business into psychology and of academic knowledge and rigour from psychology into business. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE WALTER DILL SCOTT (1901) Developed laws of suggestibility as a...
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...Introduction Today’s technology has offered business organizations multiple methods to communicate. Some forms of communications are more effective than others. Communication is one of the most important elements of a successful business. When writing a business communication it is crucial that you know who the members of your audience are and communicate with the visible purpose. Effective communication achieves its objective to persuade, respond or gain information by considering the style, format, purpose, organization and by tailoring the communication style to meet the audience requirements. Purpose Learning Team A was given five different accounting scenarios with limited amount of information on the JJJ Company, Riordan Mfg, Ad hoc Committee, CEO and the employees. Each team member was assigned a role from the accounting scenario and instructed to write and effective communiqué based on that roles. The communiqués could be n the form of a formal memo, email, power point, and text message. The types of communiqués were based on the information, i.e., formal, informal, long report, short report format, email, power point presentation, or memo, etc. Then each team member had to evaluate the business communication written by the other members and determine its effectiveness by using the following questions as a guide. 1) How well did the communication convey the intended message? 2) Would another type of communication have been more appropriate? Why? 3) Is the...
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...isaacsuhail@hotmail.comDOB: August 12, 1993Nationality: AmericanSex: MaleMarital Status: SingleLanguages Spoken: English, Arabic | | | | | Experienced customer service professional seeking a position at your company, which will offer me a rewarding work place which will allow me to communicate and interact with customer. | | | Experience | | Temporary Office AssistantInfoTech Institute Limited, 2013 * Maintain supplies and equipment. * Answered phones; forwarded messages; confirmed customer orders. * Helped marketing departement by preparing marketing material and distributing it.In-Store & Online Sales Associate | | | | | Electronic Source Warehouse, 2012-2013 | | | | | * Repaired & updates computer softwares. * Marketed refurbished computers. * Worked with sales team to process computer orders. | | | | | Sales Associate | | | | | Nationals Warehouse, 2011 | | | | | * Processed customer orders. * Stocked shelves * Updated and tracked inventor * Loading/Unloading merchandise. * Transported goods to vairous consumer companies.Sales AssociateJewel-Osco, 2010 * Maintained Produce floor. * Stocked shelves * Updated and tracked inventor * Loading/Unloading merchandise. * Assisted Customers * Prepared Customer ordersWaiter/CashierSteve’s Shish-Kabob Restaurant, 2008-2009 * Waited Tables * Processed customer orders * Worked on Cash Register * Answered phone calls. * Assisted Chief when needed...
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...In the article, “Career in Psychology”, it states the pros of choosing a career in psychology, what it takes, and what all can be done. Psychology is a widely studied major in the world. It deals with the behavior of not only humans, but also the actions of animals on a daily basis. Within the different levels of study, more can be done and accomplished within the career. There are many different categories and fields that psychology can be applied to. Psychology is the study human and animal behavior. The ability of having a career in psychology, one can counsel, become a special ed teacher, diagnose and treat patients; that is, depending on the level of education. According to the article, over the past decade in the United States,...
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...increase their sales. The employees related themselves to their customers and made difference to the company's business. Joe offered a good example to the industry that how the customers, employees and the organization benefits by using the perceptions , attribution principals, and learning theory of organization and behavior practices. 1. Discuss why Joe’s employees need to understand the importance of how people form perceptions and make attributions. Perception is defined as a process by which individual selects, organizes, interprets and responds to information. Attribution is how individuals understand and explain causes of behavior and events including the behavior of themselves and of others. (wikipedia.gov). Perceptions & Attributions play a key role in a business and it can lead to making a sale or losing a sale. The customers perception and attributions helps the sales professional to control and understand how a potential customer perceives them and also the product he is attempting to sell. This is considered as impression management (Hellriegel and Slocum. 2011. pp.117). Success for a salesperson often lies in the nuances of social behavior and the skills for building relationships and controlling another person’s perception. Convincing the customer in perceiving that the product is of great value and the product is worth the money spent is important in the sales process and is a form of impression management. The perception of a sales professional...
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...Kalina Anderson Professor Gretchen Brandhorst April 27, 2015 PSY 305 Exploring Psychology Careers Every time you interact with a person, this means you will be using psychology.Psychology is the study of mind and behavior. It is an academic discipline and an applied science which seeks to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles and researching specific cases. Psychology is used in everything, it is used in sales, advertising, managing, statistics, relationships, design, health/psychological health, critical thinking etc. Psychology is beneficial in many ways. Psychology improves communication skills. When we study how people engage in conversation, we can then develop an understanding of how people communicate and gain better personal communication skills and increase effective communication of any regard. This also goes hand in hand when trying to avoid potential miscommunication errors. Understanding psychology also allows for an increased understanding of others. Psychology gives us a “window” into the actions of others that allows us to understand the emotional drive behind human action. This makes it easier to understand actions that seem incomprehensible. Lastly, psychology also helps students gain stronger conflict resolution skills. Once we understand the reasons behind someone's actions, it allows you to become more adept at solving any conflict. The same concept is applied when you understand how someone is most likely to respond...
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