Social Influences on Behavior
Social Influence
On
Behavior
By
Jennifer Slimp
Psy 300
There are several ways human behavior changes during different social situations. Social psychology focuses on these behaviors. Social psychology is the study of how people’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by actual, imagined or implied presence of others. Social psychologists explain human behavior as they interact in social situations. Two examples of human behaviors that have become a major problem in todays society are bullying and social groups in the school systems. Bullying is a distinctive pattern of deliberately harming and humiliating others. Bullying can be a wide variety of behaviors but is most commonly seen as hitting, kicking and taking belongings. Bullying can also be verbal such as name calling, taunting, threatening or indirect such as social exclusion, rumor spreading and withdrawal of friendship. These are commonly seen in middle school and high school students. Bullying can be very dangerous to the victim and very hurtful. This has become a big deal in schools because of the tragedies that have occurred. It’s sad that it had to come to a tragedy before it became a serious matter but that’s how things work sometimes. Bully’s don’t just pick anyone, they pick people who lack assertiveness and show fear. A bully would not pick on someone who has strong self confidence and was very assertive. Bullying is worse when in different social situations. When there are a lot of people around to witness the bullying it becomes a show. The bully shows off for others to show that he/she is in control and that he/she can overpower his victim. Precursors of bullying has been very controversial. Some say that deviant behaviors are linked to dispositional and temperamental traits in the child. Other psychologists say family background plays a role in the bullying behavior. Sometimes children who have little control at home become bully’s so that they can have control over someone
On
Behavior
By
Jennifer Slimp
Psy 300
There are several ways human behavior changes during different social situations. Social psychology focuses on these behaviors. Social psychology is the study of how people’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by actual, imagined or implied presence of others. Social psychologists explain human behavior as they interact in social situations. Two examples of human behaviors that have become a major problem in todays society are bullying and social groups in the school systems. Bullying is a distinctive pattern of deliberately harming and humiliating others. Bullying can be a wide variety of behaviors but is most commonly seen as hitting, kicking and taking belongings. Bullying can also be verbal such as name calling, taunting, threatening or indirect such as social exclusion, rumor spreading and withdrawal of friendship. These are commonly seen in middle school and high school students. Bullying can be very dangerous to the victim and very hurtful. This has become a big deal in schools because of the tragedies that have occurred. It’s sad that it had to come to a tragedy before it became a serious matter but that’s how things work sometimes. Bully’s don’t just pick anyone, they pick people who lack assertiveness and show fear. A bully would not pick on someone who has strong self confidence and was very assertive. Bullying is worse when in different social situations. When there are a lot of people around to witness the bullying it becomes a show. The bully shows off for others to show that he/she is in control and that he/she can overpower his victim. Precursors of bullying has been very controversial. Some say that deviant behaviors are linked to dispositional and temperamental traits in the child. Other psychologists say family background plays a role in the bullying behavior. Sometimes children who have little control at home become bully’s so that they can have control over someone