Social Group Analysis Essay
Social Group Analysis on the Bradshaw Family
Bethany N. Bradshaw
Wichita Area Technical College
Abstract
Social Group Analysis on the Bradshaw Family
The group I have chosen to study is my family. Several of my family members live in the same house, these members are who I will be focusing on. The group consist of thirteen people, between the ages of 13 months and eighty-five years old. I’ve chosen five concepts to apply to this group. Once you start trying to analyze your own family it is a bit hard to stop. Because it was my own family, I was familiar with their flaws and strengths. Trying to figure out why they engage in certain behaviors became very interesting. I was not always right, and my discoveries weren’t always shocking, but in …show more content…
Negative reinforcement is when something or someone is constantly having a negative effect on you, you chose to change your behavior so that you no longer see or hear that thing or person negatively effecting you. For an example; one of the brothers in my group was constantly being gotten onto from not feeding the dog. And if he continued too not feed the dog he would continually be getting in trouble. Not having enough tolerance anymore, he decided to get and feed the dogs before his breakfast and before anyone else was up. Positive reinforcement is the presentation of a stimulus following a given behavior in order to increase the frequency of that behavior. Even though Elizabeth is not a huge fan of baking, but she knows everyone loves her cheesecake. Everyone loves the extra topping she puts on the top, and says so every time. So, whenever she makes the cheesecake she puts the topping on it because she knows everyone loves it.
Social Contagion
The effects of others on our behavior can take the form of social contagion, imitative behavior involving the spread of actions, emotions, and ideas (King). Siblings in the Bradshaw family show effects of social contagion. As soon as one or two siblings starts to talk about how their homework is going, everyone else starts to talk about how their progress is going. Also, during the celebration of birthdays when one person starts singing everyone else will start singing. Social contagion is when one person or a group starts an action everyone else will start doing that
Bethany N. Bradshaw
Wichita Area Technical College
Abstract
Social Group Analysis on the Bradshaw Family
The group I have chosen to study is my family. Several of my family members live in the same house, these members are who I will be focusing on. The group consist of thirteen people, between the ages of 13 months and eighty-five years old. I’ve chosen five concepts to apply to this group. Once you start trying to analyze your own family it is a bit hard to stop. Because it was my own family, I was familiar with their flaws and strengths. Trying to figure out why they engage in certain behaviors became very interesting. I was not always right, and my discoveries weren’t always shocking, but in …show more content…
Negative reinforcement is when something or someone is constantly having a negative effect on you, you chose to change your behavior so that you no longer see or hear that thing or person negatively effecting you. For an example; one of the brothers in my group was constantly being gotten onto from not feeding the dog. And if he continued too not feed the dog he would continually be getting in trouble. Not having enough tolerance anymore, he decided to get and feed the dogs before his breakfast and before anyone else was up. Positive reinforcement is the presentation of a stimulus following a given behavior in order to increase the frequency of that behavior. Even though Elizabeth is not a huge fan of baking, but she knows everyone loves her cheesecake. Everyone loves the extra topping she puts on the top, and says so every time. So, whenever she makes the cheesecake she puts the topping on it because she knows everyone loves it.
Social Contagion
The effects of others on our behavior can take the form of social contagion, imitative behavior involving the spread of actions, emotions, and ideas (King). Siblings in the Bradshaw family show effects of social contagion. As soon as one or two siblings starts to talk about how their homework is going, everyone else starts to talk about how their progress is going. Also, during the celebration of birthdays when one person starts singing everyone else will start singing. Social contagion is when one person or a group starts an action everyone else will start doing that