Speaker Evaluation I attended “The Speak Up!!” event at the little theatre in Chabot College. It was on May 15, 2014 at 6:00pm. The Chabot College Forensics Team hosted this event. The stage where the speakers were performing was in the center of the theatre. There were rows of seats surrounding three sides of the stage. The audience was mostly a young crowd of Chabot students. The audience seemed to enjoy the speeches. The Duo Interpretation of Literature speech seemed to be the crowd’s favorite
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1. Most Malaysian Moslems take Islam very seriously, and follow its precepts as a lifestyle as much as a religion. Because the mosque is regularly visited, it may serve as a place to socialize and nurture business contacts within the Moslem community，because of the influence of Hindu and Chinese spiritual beliefs, Malaysian Moslems (like their Indonesian coreligionists to the south) are more likely than Moslems elsewhere to believe in ghosts and the spirit world. While remaining true to the essential monotheistic beliefs
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Labelling theory 1. Do you think young people hanging around are engaging in antisocial behaviour? – I think that not all young people engage in anti-social behaviour as not all have the intention of causing trouble when they ‘hang around’ 2. The article above states that people are terrified of the ‘gangs’. Do you think this is a reasonable reaction? Explain your answer. - The reaction towards gangs are partly justified as some gangs cause trouble and have an intention of causing problems
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Importance of relationships Rather than allow a relationship to develop while a transaction proceeds, the Chinese will establish the relationship first and foremost and, if a trusting personal relationship is cultivated, business transactions may follow. This is in part because of the concept of gwanxi – perhaps best thought of as a network of relationships whereby you favor your friends and they favor you. This can work both ways and the Chinese will be careful not to become obligated to business
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Analysis for Case 2 Jensen Shoes: Lyndon Brooks’ Story Are self-evaluations being hurt? Yes. This case gives us indications that Lyndon had negative core self-evaluations which are explained below: a. Self-esteem: Although not happy with this first assignment he decided to take it up so that it helped him broaden his background and move up in job roles by showing credibility. But he could not complete all his assignments in time. He was later told by Chuck that he would be moved to Strategic
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expect them to return the help in the future. I believe these two concepts show a great unconscious motivator for altruism. The next more conscious part of altruism is the how much will it cost and reward the person who will help as discussed by the social exchange theory. And the final influence is the empathy-altruism hypothesis, which states that when we feel empathy for a person, we will help a person for purely altruistic reasons, regardless of what we have to gain. I believe these three factors
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designed with the aim of investigating how readily people would behave and react to the roles given to them within a simulated prison. The experiment showed that the social expectations that people have of specific social situations can direct and strongly influence behaviour. The concepts evident in the Stanford Prison Experiment include social influence, and within that, conformity. The experiment also greatly showed how external attribution can overpower internal attribution of individuals; in this case
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and evaluate two explanations of conformity. Normative social influence is a type of conformity compliance, where people behave in a way in which the majority are. This is where a large majority of people are able to indirectly control other people by making it difficult to oppose their views or opinions, thus making the minority feel pressured into complying. Although it may not change the minority’s opinions, some still conform to avoid social judgement and rejection of a large group. Asch’s study
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Social Psychological Paper La Vincent C. Sims PSY/201 March 9, 2014 Nichoel Kimmerle Social Psychological Paper Sarah has an attitude toward her curfew, and the other rules that her parents have set is an attitude of obedience. While Sarah has always followed the rules of her parents, she has never experienced the consequences of not following the strict rules set in place. She has only reaped the rewards of being a person that toes the line. Her friends asked her to stay out later
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understanding discrimination because they lived through it themselves. The social interaction between the students and Ms. Elliot was completely changed during the experiment. The children who had once been best friends with each other have turned on because they are no divided on not equal to each other. Once their teacher, the authority figure, told them one group was better than the other, the recognized different social identities for each other. The adults reacted differently to the experiment
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