Course code: PSY-379-GS001 Course name: Social Psychology Assignment 4 1. Discuss the phenomena of persuasion and the cognitive processes that underlie it. Persuasion is a phenomenon that is a form of social influence in which an audience is deliberately encouraged to accept an idea, attitude, or course of action by symbolic means. We are persuaded to go along with someone's suggestion if we think that person is a credible expert (authority), if we think he or she as a trusted friend or
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least two (2) social psychology perspectives that could be used to interpret Jared’s date-preparation behavior. 2. Provide a brief explanation of his behavior based on each of the two (2) perspectives you identify. In my opinion Jared can be described as having a social cognitive perspective because he gets ready, he selects clothes that he thinks flatters his body the most and shows his good taste, he wants to portray to his date that he is not feminine and overpowering. Social cognitive perspective
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Social Psychology Final Project We will be watching a documentary that originally was started in 1991 called Age 7 in America. Every 7 years a film was made documenting the lives of the children in the first documentary. These films are called Age 14 and Age 21 in America. These documentaries are modeled after the “UP” series in the United Kingdom which has documented 14 children, now adults since 1964 (age 56 is the latest documentary). You will watch these films with a critical eye to identify
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Student ID #: 814002322 Course title: Introduction to Social Psychology Course Code: PSYC 1004 Lecture Topic: Aggression Aggression Baron and Branscombe define aggression as “behaviour directed toward the goal of harming another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment” (Baron & Branscombe, 2012). * Violence: “an extreme form of aggression, such as assaults, rape or murder” (). Types of Aggression * Instrumental aggression – aggression aimed at accomplishing
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The Impact of Conscious Reminders on Female Mood Alteration and Prosocial Behavior. John doe Psychology 360 July 2011 Abstract For something that affects our modern lives so greatly there is little research in understanding the relationship of money and people. Money is not just numbers on a spreadsheet or bank account, money is an idea and construct that goes far beyond what’s just in your wallet. It has an impact on how women choose their mates. Money can drive us to act in prosocial
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Social Psychology Jesse Muerte Psych 555 Social Psychology Feburary 24, 2014 University of Phoenix Gary Mccullough Social Psychology Social psychology is about understanding individuals through scientific studies to see how they think, what influences their emotions and behaviors, as well as how they ultimately relate to one another. The key characteristics are defined in four ways; broad scope, cultural mandate, scientific methods, and search for wisdom. This paper expresses the concept
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AICE PSYCH AS: Social Approach Study Guide Paper 2 1.a. Situational explanations of behavior refer to how the situation determines the behavior more than the natural disposition of the person. In the subway Samaritan study, the situations drunk and ill conditions an how each affected how many people helped. In the Milgram study, power, place, and formality are used to influence behavior against better judgement. 1. b. Both studies gathered qualitative and quantitative data. In the Piliavin et al
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PROGRAM OF STUDY Liberal Arts and Sciences: Social Science Associate in Arts The Liberal Arts and Sciences major is designed for students planning to transfer to either the California State University or University of California. To earn the Associate in Arts degree with a Liberal Arts and Sciences major, students must complete either the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) UC or CSU option or the CSU General Education Certification pattern and one of the three
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My topic of choice for this assessment is Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). I chose four online sources to help me to research it, being Sane Australia (informational site), Psych Central (informational site), YouTube (social platform) and Facebook (social platform). Sane Australia (SA) was a basic but factual site (SA, n.d). It has one page specifically related to BDP, which is clearly laid out with a concise (but very informative) overview of BDP. This assisted me in reading, understanding
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be telling you about the 3 options for the Stowham Community Centre and what I will recommend as the best choice and that will be more beneficial financially and socially. The beneficial part is that you will be saving more money and is cheapest, social part is that it’s for a certain age group where they will get along and can come and do some learning and meeting new people and be able to build up confidence and get involved into new activities. | Findings: In my Findings I have found that
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