Kim's Behaviour Essay
What factors do you believe contributed to Kim’s behaviour?
Social recognition is the processing, storing and application of information about other people and social situations. Our thoughts about others affect the way we think, feel and interact with other people. According to Jones and Davis (1965) people pay more attention to what they think as opposed to what they don’t. In many times, individuals tend to focus on what is in their mind. This characteristic leads to internal attribution which relates to internal characteristics within individuals. Heider (1958) got concerned about the effect of external social events on the behaviour of individuals (External Attribution).He argues that external forces have positive or negative effects on …show more content…
the behaviour of individuals. Jones and Davis (1965) argument raise five key concepts that can be drawn from information about behaviour. They include;
1. Choice: Whenever an action takes place then the source is said to be external. Choices exist because of external factors.
2. Accidental vs. intentional behaviour: behaviour that is intentional results from individual’s personality. However behaviour that is accidental is a result of external factors.
3. Social desirability: Behaviour that is socially undesirable is likely to lead us link it to personal characteristics.
4. Hedonic relevance: This concept explains the intention of other people’s behaviours, that is, whether they are intended to harm us or make us?
5. Personalism: If peoples’ behaviour appears to be intended to have an impact on us, we assume that it is “personal”, and not just a by-product of the situation we are both in.
In the processing of striving towards the achievement of our own long-term goals we forgo momentary pleasures and amusements. It is however important to acknowledge that these little pleasures are not easy to stand. Whereas all goals that any person would wish to live up to presents a fair deal of good end results, long term goals may require that one forgoes some goals which may appear less of preference to them. The prediction of how social behaviour significantly captures the way people makes decisions about different aspects in life. The ways people make different choices lead to development of different theories that explain why individuals opt for some choices as well as forgo others. One key theory of choices is the prospect theory.
The key note in the prospect theory is the loss version. The prospects of making gains or losses can adversely or favourably affect an individual in taking different choices.
Kim Hyun Hee had been promised a reward once she blows up KAL 858, According to prospect theory, evaluation of the losses and gains led to Kim’s behaviour. Other factors that could have lead to Kim’s behaviour include external and internal attribution (external forces).
Compare Kim’s behaviour and situation with the hijackings on September 11, 2001. In what ways are the situations similar? In what ways are they different?
The most obvious similarity between the Kim’s behaviour and the Hijackings on September 11,2001 is that both behaviour lead to the loss of lives. Secondly, the factors that motivated the two forms of behaviour were more external that internal attribution.
The differences in these two forms of behaviour are; Kim’s behaviour had a reward attached to her behaviour and her behaviour can be attached to the gain after the behaviour according to prospect theory. The hijacking was a group behaviour that was motivated by superiority.
Describe instances when your behaviour didn’t match your beliefs. Explain your reasons for taking these
actions.
Guilt develops when one break a certain belief. Instances that may lead to mismatch between behaviour and belief include:
External attribution; which is one’s behaviour becoming a subject of external forces.
Other factors include; Prospects of gains after the behaviour as explained by the prospect theory.
Social recognition is the processing, storing and application of information about other people and social situations. Our thoughts about others affect the way we think, feel and interact with other people. According to Jones and Davis (1965) people pay more attention to what they think as opposed to what they don’t. In many times, individuals tend to focus on what is in their mind. This characteristic leads to internal attribution which relates to internal characteristics within individuals. Heider (1958) got concerned about the effect of external social events on the behaviour of individuals (External Attribution).He argues that external forces have positive or negative effects on …show more content…
the behaviour of individuals. Jones and Davis (1965) argument raise five key concepts that can be drawn from information about behaviour. They include;
1. Choice: Whenever an action takes place then the source is said to be external. Choices exist because of external factors.
2. Accidental vs. intentional behaviour: behaviour that is intentional results from individual’s personality. However behaviour that is accidental is a result of external factors.
3. Social desirability: Behaviour that is socially undesirable is likely to lead us link it to personal characteristics.
4. Hedonic relevance: This concept explains the intention of other people’s behaviours, that is, whether they are intended to harm us or make us?
5. Personalism: If peoples’ behaviour appears to be intended to have an impact on us, we assume that it is “personal”, and not just a by-product of the situation we are both in.
In the processing of striving towards the achievement of our own long-term goals we forgo momentary pleasures and amusements. It is however important to acknowledge that these little pleasures are not easy to stand. Whereas all goals that any person would wish to live up to presents a fair deal of good end results, long term goals may require that one forgoes some goals which may appear less of preference to them. The prediction of how social behaviour significantly captures the way people makes decisions about different aspects in life. The ways people make different choices lead to development of different theories that explain why individuals opt for some choices as well as forgo others. One key theory of choices is the prospect theory.
The key note in the prospect theory is the loss version. The prospects of making gains or losses can adversely or favourably affect an individual in taking different choices.
Kim Hyun Hee had been promised a reward once she blows up KAL 858, According to prospect theory, evaluation of the losses and gains led to Kim’s behaviour. Other factors that could have lead to Kim’s behaviour include external and internal attribution (external forces).
Compare Kim’s behaviour and situation with the hijackings on September 11, 2001. In what ways are the situations similar? In what ways are they different?
The most obvious similarity between the Kim’s behaviour and the Hijackings on September 11,2001 is that both behaviour lead to the loss of lives. Secondly, the factors that motivated the two forms of behaviour were more external that internal attribution.
The differences in these two forms of behaviour are; Kim’s behaviour had a reward attached to her behaviour and her behaviour can be attached to the gain after the behaviour according to prospect theory. The hijacking was a group behaviour that was motivated by superiority.
Describe instances when your behaviour didn’t match your beliefs. Explain your reasons for taking these
actions.
Guilt develops when one break a certain belief. Instances that may lead to mismatch between behaviour and belief include:
External attribution; which is one’s behaviour becoming a subject of external forces.
Other factors include; Prospects of gains after the behaviour as explained by the prospect theory.