CROWDS AND VIOLENCE Deindividuation: [“Individuation” coined by Jung: a process of individuation for development of personality] Historical Research: Le Bon (1890s) When individuals “descend” in a crowd‚ they become creatures of instinct‚ barbarians (Contagion theory‚ anonymity) Festinger (1952) Individuals who sat in dim light more likely to use bad language when discussing erotic material than individuals who were not. Zimbardo (1969) Stanford Prison Experiments: Individuals dressed
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How do we perceive ourselves? Are we attractive? Capable? Consistent ? Responsible ? Actually‚ most people seem to have positive views of themselves. In reality‚ perceiving ourselves is one of the important things to cognize our attitudes through observing our behavior. This essay aims to point out how to observe our positive self perception and prove the statement that we are not rational in perceiving ourselves through different behaviours such as attractiveness‚ self-serving biases‚ group polarization
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Causes of Anger Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis: Failure to obtain a desired or expected goal leads to aggressive behavior - Frustration may lead to anger but anger does not necessarily lead to aggression - We feel most angry when we interpret the irritating or unjust actions of others to be intentional Factors of Anger and Aggression - Violent acts‚ even in a person with a history of them‚ are sporadic and situation-dependent. There is no relationship between violence and low self-esteem
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Sociology notes Quiz answers for quiz 2 Cognitive dissidence George Zimmer on “true love” The social structure-education religion‚ politics 6 basic human emotions Altruism-selfless behavior Socialization is a learning process that we all go thru Feral children grow up with no socialization Gender is learned and sex is biological George Herbert mead- imitation ‚play‚ and game are the 3 stage of the development Social groups- are made up of individuals who share something from physical
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Social conformity is a kind of social influence on human beings that changes their behavior or in order to fit in with others in a group. Throughout the history‚ social scientists have done plenty of experiments related to social conformity. In the 1950s‚ a psychologist called Solomon Asch conducted the well-known Asch conformity experiments‚ demonstrating the impact of social pressure on individual behavior. Participants were told that they were in an experiment on vision. With a group of other
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The holocaust has given way to one of the most horrific events the world has ever seen. The holocaust was the genocide of Jewish people‚ killing more than 11 million people in total and 6 million Jews alone. Elie Wiesel is a Jewish survivor of the holocaust who shares his experience in the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp. Elie Wiesel‚ author of Night reveals how he lost his family and faith to the evils he experienced during the holocaust. This book is still very important because people need
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Chapter 11 Social Psychology: studies how your thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior are influenced by the presence of other people and by the social and physical environment. Social Cognition: studies how we form impressions of others‚ how we interpret the meaning of other people’s behavior‚ and how our behavior is affected by our attitudes. Person Perception: an active and subjective process that occurs in a interpersonal context; is influenced by subjective perceptions‚ social norms‚ personal goals
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Philip Zimbardo‚ a psychologist of Stanford University‚ famed for the notorious Zimbardo Prison Experiment once said that “Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives‚ or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.” In hindsight‚ it’s a greatly fitting reflection on the Zimbardo Prison Experiment when so many otherwise innocent people started abusing their power simply because they could. However‚ the quote‚ in other words‚ means
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Against Bystander “It’s just as bad as bullying if you’re joining in” said Geoffrey Hill in the article “Tales of Bullying by Laura Modigliani. According to Geoffrey‚ he was a bystander before he realized it is just as bad as bullying. A student may be bullied because they are different from the bully themselves. Additionally‚ a student may or may not become a bully or bully because they have personal issues or they are jealous and they want to feel secure in themselves. Bystanders are people
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That way too many. In my opinion‚ when there is a bully‚ victim‚ and a bystander the bully can do the worst damage! Either if it is done physically‚ verbally‚ or even exclusion it is very harmful to the victim. Bullies can hurt people very badly. The victim is like a wounded soldier in a battle field with nowhere to go! First of all there is so much a bully can do that a bystander can’t. Bystanders are just bystanders‚ and they aren’t the ones doing or doing the things to the victim. According
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