PSY 370: An Application Of Social Psychology
Research Application
Psychology 370
7/31/2012
Integration
Social psychology generally involves the way in which people behave, feel and think. All this is influenced by imagined, actual or the implied presence of other people. Since this is an article critique, it is indispensable to evaluate and analyze. This section therefore analyzes, evaluates and interprets a text. It answers questions including why, how well and how. This section analyzes the topics learnt in class. It evaluates, interprets and analyzes attitude which is the main factor in social psychology (Smith & Mackie, 2000).
Attitude refers to the global evaluations as well as learned characteristics of an object, a person, an issue or a place that influences …show more content…
On some instances people are prone to behave in a manner that leaves questions on people’s minds on the reason as to why they behaved the way they did. This is where social psychology is applicable. During some occasions someone’s behavior might have more perceptual salience than a give surrounding situation. There is also the ability to conform to influencing behavior. This includes normative social influence as well as informative social influence. Using social behavior which is achievable due to social psychology, promotes social behavior. This is the development of ways to affect the behavior of people as well as encouraging better behaviors. Obedience towards the authorities is a considered to be a social norm but social psychologists have the capability to look further into it (Smith & Mackie, 2000). Understanding people is the principal influence of social psychology. There is also a lot of focus on observations of people’s behaviors over periods of time. Problems can be discerned and information can be grasped thanks to social …show more content…
These guidelines enable people to make decisions as well as to define professions. Professional organizations have however the years maintained their integrity by establishing ethical codes. Ethics define any expected conduct of the members as well as the protection of the subjects and the clients’ welfare. These codes give any needed professional direction to people who might be confronted by ethical dilemmas. This shows the relationship established between social psychology and ethics. Ethics looks into ensuring that people follow an expected conduct. Social psychology on the other hand enables the identification of any inborn problems in a person (Smith & Mackie, 2000). Social psychology also attempts to study the behavior of human beings mainly by creating comparisons in two or more
Psychology 370
7/31/2012
Integration
Social psychology generally involves the way in which people behave, feel and think. All this is influenced by imagined, actual or the implied presence of other people. Since this is an article critique, it is indispensable to evaluate and analyze. This section therefore analyzes, evaluates and interprets a text. It answers questions including why, how well and how. This section analyzes the topics learnt in class. It evaluates, interprets and analyzes attitude which is the main factor in social psychology (Smith & Mackie, 2000).
Attitude refers to the global evaluations as well as learned characteristics of an object, a person, an issue or a place that influences …show more content…
On some instances people are prone to behave in a manner that leaves questions on people’s minds on the reason as to why they behaved the way they did. This is where social psychology is applicable. During some occasions someone’s behavior might have more perceptual salience than a give surrounding situation. There is also the ability to conform to influencing behavior. This includes normative social influence as well as informative social influence. Using social behavior which is achievable due to social psychology, promotes social behavior. This is the development of ways to affect the behavior of people as well as encouraging better behaviors. Obedience towards the authorities is a considered to be a social norm but social psychologists have the capability to look further into it (Smith & Mackie, 2000). Understanding people is the principal influence of social psychology. There is also a lot of focus on observations of people’s behaviors over periods of time. Problems can be discerned and information can be grasped thanks to social …show more content…
These guidelines enable people to make decisions as well as to define professions. Professional organizations have however the years maintained their integrity by establishing ethical codes. Ethics define any expected conduct of the members as well as the protection of the subjects and the clients’ welfare. These codes give any needed professional direction to people who might be confronted by ethical dilemmas. This shows the relationship established between social psychology and ethics. Ethics looks into ensuring that people follow an expected conduct. Social psychology on the other hand enables the identification of any inborn problems in a person (Smith & Mackie, 2000). Social psychology also attempts to study the behavior of human beings mainly by creating comparisons in two or more