& Berscheid, 1974) Similar to the results of the children’s peer study, teachers can also be influenced by the physical characteristics of their students. In an article published by Richard Tompkins and Myron Boor, an experiment designed to test the effects that a student’s physical appearance can have on a teacher’s perception of the student’s social and academic qualities is presented and discussed. The results of the experiment showed that the attractive students were designated as having
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Disorder Specific Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Interventions – WHM-M-030 Introduction The purpose of the paper is to discuss the current theory and empirical literature for using a transdiagnostic approach in cognitive behaviour therapy and it’s relevance in current practice. I will discuss the theory and evidence for using a transdiagnostic approach and highlight the main processes. A discussion on the strengths and limitations of the approach will conclude the first part of the paper. The
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In order to see how prejudices impact our daily lives our group decided on an experiment that shows stereotypes are real. Stereotypes are formed so that we are able to respond rapidly to situations because we may have had a similar experience before. The disadvantage of this is that it makes us ignore differences between individuals. Therefore, when we experience something bad, we assume that everyone of that ethnicity is the same. Our experiment consisted of ten pictures of random people followed
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videos of actors being subjected to pain or a pain-free condition and were asked to complete an implicit association test (IAT) and use a likert scale questionnaire to rate feelings of pity, disgust, envy and pride while undergoing fMRI neuroimaging. Actors that were obese due to an uncontrollable medical condition elicited more pity, but the two groups elicited similar feelings of disgust. Additionally, bias scores, measured by the IAT, were found to
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strategic management has enjoyed. How might one explain this paradox? We seek answers to this question by relying first on a large-scale survey of strategic management scholars from which we derive an implicit consensual definition of the field – as tacitly held by its members. We then supplement this implicit definition with an examination of the espoused definitions of the field obtained from a group
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Once upon a time, the word “hillbillies” was created. The first use of the term was a reference to a camp in West Virginia made by The Railroad Trainmen’s Journal. Eight years later, the New York Journal-American defined the term as “a free and untrammeled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks, whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him” (Online Etymology Dictionary, 2017). While the
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Social Influence: Key Terminology Agentic state a state of feeling controlled by an authority figure, and therefore lacking a sense of personal responsibility. Authoritarian personality identified by Adorno et al. as someone who is more likely to be obedient. These people tend to hold rigid beliefs, and to be hostile towards other groups and submissive to authority. Autokinetic effect - a visual illusion where a small spot of light in a darkened room appears to be moving when in fact it is stationary
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discriminate against certain people Our biases 1) We tend to underestimate the power of a situation in determining our behavior (fundamental attribution bias) 2) A great deal of mental thought and behavior occurs automatically and without conscious awareness or intent. Test your implicit biases: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/ Confederates’ role in social psychology research: an accomplice of the experimenter for research involving deception, plays an assigned role. Cognitive
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Rigorous or Not?: A Case of Auditor Judgment for Deferred Tax Issues Leader’s Guide Leader’s Guide Rigorous or Not?: A Case of Auditor Judgment for Deferred Tax Issues Jan Taylor Morris, PhD, CPA Time: 3 hour unit of study Module Objectives 1. Help students understand the importance of exercising high quality professional judgment; 2. Introduce students to the KPMG Professional Judgment Framework; 3. Provide students with an opportunity to apply the framework; and 4. Provide students with the
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Final Project Optimistic / Pessimistic Attribution Theory Introduction There are many theories in the field of social psychology that can be used to explain, predict, or forecast behavior. As events occur throughout history, patterns can be analyzed and attributed to known theories that were birthed by educated scholars in this field. However, no theory s absolute in its outcome. As society changes, the applicability of each theory also changes. “Social Darwinism”
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