People often said attitudes do predict behaviour and I agree with it‚ but attitudes only predict behavior in some way but not all the way. According to Hogg and Vaughan (2011)‚ attitude is a relatively enduring organisation of feelings‚ beliefs and behavioural towards socially significant objects‚ groups‚ symbols or events. It can be also define as a general feeling or evaluation (positive or negative) about some person‚ object or issue. Attitudes can be form in four different ways which are mere
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IELTS Essay‚ topic: children and rules In some countries children have very strict rules of behavior‚ in other countries they are allowed to do almost anything they like. To what extent should children have to follow rules? The extent to which children have to follow rules is in itself a very complex issue‚ since children across the world grow up in very different cultures. In India for example‚ children are expected to be very submissive to their parents as well as other adults around them. This
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How do people explain their own and other people’s behavior? ‘Behaviour’ is a term defined by psychologists as an act done by an animal in response to any stimulus provided by the outside world. An assumption held by many social psychologists when attempting to explain the reasons behind the action of people’s behaviour is that we try to find certain reasons that explain our own and other people’s action towards an environmental stimulus. This is also known as the theory of attribution‚ ie. We
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Abstract Moral dilemma is a situation where people have to choose between two equally unpleasant alternatives. Moral dilemma is worse than anything‚ because whichever option people choose‚ someone or something will suffer. In a moral dilemma‚ people have to decide on the morally correct course of action‚ not just the one they would prefer. In the video Harvard University’s Justice with Michael Sandel‚ he discusses a lot of situations that deal with moral dilemmas. However‚ he focuses more on the
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Do video games have a negative effect on children’s behaviour? Do video games have a negative effect on children’s behaviour? This question has been asked many times with many different answers and opinions. Scientists have conducted tests and experiments‚ and surveys have been done‚ but still the question remains predominantly unanswered due to the difference of opinion between people. You often hear of young people violently lashing out or committing horrific crimes‚ supposedly‚ due to them copying
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Individual countries do not have right to interfere with the affairs of another countries. Good relations among countries are essential to avoid conflicts and wars. Countries should not turn its back on each other and join to build common projects. However‚ some countries seem to prefer isolating from the rest of the world‚ harming often the well-being of their inhabitants. What should other countries do in such cases? To begin with‚ each country has its own own cultural values and traditions
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Why do good people do bad things? (750 words) In this essay I will talk about the torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. I will also write about the Stanley Milgrim Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment. All of these relate to one of the topics we have covered this term. There is an excellent example of uniforms influencing power in the Stanford Prison experiment which took place in1971‚ it was lead by Prof Zimbardo1 (see footnote) in which a group of students were selected to act as prison
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Research Paper * « Do companies have a responsibility not to destroy the environment or should profits be allowed at any environmental cost? » Although environmental issues influence all human activities‚ companies and usual people have integrated green issues into their way of life. This is a kind of marketing‚ or not. As society becomes more concerned about natural environment‚ business have begun to modify their behavior against this new and current problem‚ but at what price for them
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thousand children were abused or neglected in Australia (NAPCAN). Australia’s National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect is an organization created to bring together the community‚ businesses‚ government officials‚ and the media to put an end to this problem. Their “Children See‚ Children Do” commercial first appeared on television in Australia in 2006. This thought-provoking campaign was designed to raise awareness and to stop child abuse and neglect all over the country. The
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Doing Bad Things “Mother of two kills man who earlier hurt children.” Reports like these are seen every day. These headlines often leave people thinking‚ “Why do good people sometimes do bad things?” This question has everyone from scientists to citizens wondering. The Pygmalion and Golem effects help answer this. These self-fulfilling prophecies tell why people do certain things to meet the standards of others. When faced with pressure‚ their reputation on the line‚ and competition with others‚ the
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