Attribution Theory The attribution theory focuses on how individuals perceive and interpret events and how they relate these events to their thinking and behavior. There are two different types of attributions: dispositional and situational. Dispositional attributions are those that play off of internal motives. They are driven by the emotions of the person. Situational attributions are those that play off of external motives, or those that can be attributed to environmental factors (Myers,
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can just say no to the individual or to a group, the communicator influences the audience because people may be persuaded by the message. “The communicator’s goal is to change your mind, and most people are easily influenced” (Rhoads, 1997). Social psychology helps us to identify different aspects of ourselves, and the environment in which we live and work. It gives us insight as to why people judge others, and how the power of persuasion affects an individual, group, or a nation. An effective persuader
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“Everyone is buying this, so it must be good, I also want one”, this is what is called Conformity and this is what the marketers rely on. As social species, our basic need is to have a sense of belonging-to be a part of the group, a group that shares ideas or habits similar to that of our own. Once we are a part of such a group, we try to do what others are doing, becoming copycats, and in the process acquiring even the irrational desires of the group. We change our behavior to be like others. We
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come to define a stereotype. One may form a prejudice to a specific race, group, culture or tradition, gender, religion, national origin, age group, or point of status, under a certain influence. Such an influence may derive from former experiences, social reference groups, reliance on popular media sources, or simply a fear of one being different from a significant other. The extent to which stereotypes contribute to our universal understanding is a crucial point of discussion. This is not to say that
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Prosocial behaviour, a term invented as an antonym for antisocial behaviour by social scientists (Batson & Powell, 2003), nurtures positive characteristics and builds relationships. Comforting, helping, as well as sharing materials or information are examples of prosocial behaviours which develop early in ontogeny and are fundamental to an individual’s social life (Liebal, Vaish, Haun, & Tomasello, 2014). There are many aspects that can influence and affect the prosocial behaviour of an individual
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Stereotype usually work on making others feel they are not belong to certain places as well as feeling uncomfortable in the environment. Eventually stereotype is a way to categorize a group and create a general idea about their way of living, such as culture and habits. As we know each person have their own identity as well as seeing themselves different from others. Stereotyping a group of people make each individual feel their identity been taking away from them and it is a wrong thing to do
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Social influences as the process where other individuals influence another individuals every day, thoughts, behavior and even emotions (Gray & Bjorklund, 2014). When social influences change an individual’s willingness towards a behavior or belief, it means the individual has conformed. When individuals conform in order to fit within group norms in order to feel liked or accepted, is referred as normative conformity. Informational influence occurs when individuals conform to others belief or choices
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group and that represents an oversimplified opinion, prejudiced attitude, or uncritical judgment” (Merriam-Webster, 2017). The sociological definition is “an oversimplified, generally over-exaggerated belief that all members of a certain group act and think in the same fashion“ (Publishing, 2017). I believe there is a commonly missed component in those definitions that can create unexpected and unforeseen issues. Often with these issues, one can find misunderstandings, as well as the perpetuation of
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hy do people fulfill their own stereotype that drags down their performance. A stereotype is when someone sees another person in a particular way but know how that person is really like. For example, people see that whites and asian are smarter than hispanics and blacks. Another example of a stereotype is when people say that women are the ones who stay home to cook and clean and that men are the ones who go to work. A time when I felt that I was stereotyped was in middle school when people saw
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The Milgram Experiment proved that people tend to obey and take orders from an authority figure – even if it means killing an innocent human being. As the participant goes higher in the amount of voltage they should administer, they would always turn to the scientist (the authority figure dressed in a lab coat) and ask if they should continue. As always, the scientist would tell them that it is “required for them to continue the experiment.” Even though the subject’s morality and their conscious
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