Social Psychology Through Histories Past Present and Future
Social Psychology Through Histories Past Present and Future
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Park University
PS301 Social Psychology
Throughout history people have been guided one way or another by social interaction and influence. These influences come from all around us such as friends, family, and social groups just to name a few. Under the right influence people can be nurtured into doing or believing just about anything, from politics to racism and personal beliefs to social interaction. We will be reviewing some people and historical events in history that have had an impact on the use of social psychology. When we interact with people we unknowingly choose the group by topics, interests, and focal point. What is meant by focal point is how did that group of people come together? Who started it or who is the center of attention, you the man or woman with the silver tongue? One such person was Adolf Hitler, when he spoke people listened and believed ever word of it. He put heart, charisma, and intelligence in every word he spoke. This made it more socially accepted when Hitler blamed the Jews for all of Germany’s problems in the word. It spread like wild fire through Germany and it was not acceptable to befriend the Jewish people for their own fears. It was racism at its worst but Hitler kept telling Nazi Germany that it was needed to purify their country. This was something like social cognition, Hitler played on the feelings, fears, and persona of the German people to get them to look and perceive themself as the perfect superior race. Not all psychological aspects are so extreme, take Anime fans for instance. Anime is short for animation and used to describe Japanese anime here in America. The common misconception is that when anime comes up in a group conversation, people who are unexposed to the subject automatically assume that it is Hentai (a type of Adult animation) or that it is just another cartoon. These two genres are completely
Xxxxx xxxxxx
Park University
PS301 Social Psychology
Throughout history people have been guided one way or another by social interaction and influence. These influences come from all around us such as friends, family, and social groups just to name a few. Under the right influence people can be nurtured into doing or believing just about anything, from politics to racism and personal beliefs to social interaction. We will be reviewing some people and historical events in history that have had an impact on the use of social psychology. When we interact with people we unknowingly choose the group by topics, interests, and focal point. What is meant by focal point is how did that group of people come together? Who started it or who is the center of attention, you the man or woman with the silver tongue? One such person was Adolf Hitler, when he spoke people listened and believed ever word of it. He put heart, charisma, and intelligence in every word he spoke. This made it more socially accepted when Hitler blamed the Jews for all of Germany’s problems in the word. It spread like wild fire through Germany and it was not acceptable to befriend the Jewish people for their own fears. It was racism at its worst but Hitler kept telling Nazi Germany that it was needed to purify their country. This was something like social cognition, Hitler played on the feelings, fears, and persona of the German people to get them to look and perceive themself as the perfect superior race. Not all psychological aspects are so extreme, take Anime fans for instance. Anime is short for animation and used to describe Japanese anime here in America. The common misconception is that when anime comes up in a group conversation, people who are unexposed to the subject automatically assume that it is Hentai (a type of Adult animation) or that it is just another cartoon. These two genres are completely
Bibliography: Davies, Norman (2008). “No Simple Victory: World War II in Europe, 1939–1945.” Penguin Group. Michael O 'Connell, "A Brief History of Anime", Otakon 1999 Program Book. 1999. Retrieved 2007-09-11.