Sociology 1 Castelli Due Tuesday, Feb. 9 Overview In addition to entertaining us, movies offer detailed portrayals of human social behavior. Your task in this assignment is to analyze -- from a social-psychological perspective -- the behaviors and events depicted in one of the films listed below. You are not being asked to critique the film in terms of its value as a work of art or as entertainment. Rather, you should think carefully about the human actions and events portrayed in the film.
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Identify four personal examples of your own conformity and answer the following questions for each one: A. Briefly describe (in a sentence or two) the situation in which you conform. B. Is your motive for this conformity informational or normative social influence? Briefly justify your answer. C. Are any situational influences (for example, ambiguity, group size, culture) or conformity present in this example? Explain your answer. D. Do you consider this example to be a positive or a negative
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districts conform to the system in the capitol because if they do not sacrifice their children for the reaping then everyone in the districts will suffer instead of just the children Conclusion the hunger games displays the important social psychology concepts of confomity, arousal, and cognitive dissonance. It shows these aspects in serveral ways that are easy to understand and can be easily
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(computers processes= self schemas); (Computer files=self concepts) C. Two of functions the self: 1. Organization -self reference effect; enhances memory 2. Regulation -Limited resource ideas D. The self-guides and colors our perceptions of the social world Central everything revolves around self 1 what we attend to and care about 2 Determined how we interpreted events 3 pervasive/ omnipresent (Always present) 4 motivated -think well of themselves -Egocentric (everybody is
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1 Personal Reflection on the Self Paper By Joe Everett April 21, 2014 University of Phoenix Personal Reflection on the Self Paper 2 The study of one’s self is a part of social psychology. A person to person in social psychology is not the same as self, now if you asked someone to identify what is self their response will be different all the time because every person will tell you a different response. However, even with all the different responses
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the operational self. Self-presentation is how we behave or our behavior in everyday life. Our images we portray to other or the impressions we leave on other people (Fiske, 2010). How Individuals Develops Self- Concept Some Social Psychologist suggests that people obtain
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unethically is due to Social Learning Theory. “Analysis revealed that perceived learning opportunities were shaped, enabled, and constrained by a variety of social, cultural, structural, and process-related imperatives. This was manifested through two learning systems: (1) a formal learning system directly managed by the organization and (2) an informal system that was fostered through strong social networks and driven by the organizational culture. From this investigation, we posit a social theory of learning
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that this result is going to occur, it eventually does occur because of their actions and behaviors. This concept can also be applied to social groups, for example; if a person is about to realize a negative stereotype for their social group they will strive to avoid it, but in thinking about this stereotype for so long and stressing over it so intensely, their social group actually forms that stereotype. I actually witness this concept at my workplace a lot. Sometimes we will have people transfer stores
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IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT In social psychology, impression management is a goal-directed conscious or unconscious process in which people attempt to influence the perceptions of other people about a person, object or event they do so by regulating and controlling information in social interaction. It is usually used synonymously with self-presentation, in which a person tries to influence the perception of their image. The notion of impression management also refers to practices in professional communication
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Social behavior Lecture - 11 Reference; Chapter 16, Essentials of Psychology by Coon What Is Social Psychology ? • Scientific studies of how individuals behave, think, and feel in social situations; how people act in the presence (actual or implied) of others • Need to Affiliate: Desire to associate with other people; appears to be a basic human trait. • Experiment contd Experiment • We may conclude - „Misery loves company‟ • Later experiment – women expected to be shocked were given
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