N. Lagunas February 20‚ 2014 Social Psychology Social Comparison Theory We often do not realize we compare ourselves to those around us weather it is at work‚ school‚ or at the grocery store. Let’s say you go grocery shopping at Food 4 Less‚ and there is a person in front of you and the cashier tells him the amount due and asks him if he would like to donate to the Children’s Memorial Hospital‚ the man says no thank you and leaves. You are next in line‚ and now it is your turn to
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As the slasher genre gained momentum‚ the age group for the victims began to drop. No longer were women of Marion Crane’s age being chased around‚ but teenage girls became the main target. A new generation was on the rise. Children of the rebellious feminists of the 60s were now teenagers and showing their strength. In John Carpenter’s 1978 thriller Halloween‚ we follow a day in the life of Laurie (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her friends as they are stalked and murdered by childlike-minded Michael Meyers
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Social Psychology and Multicultural Psychology Xxx Xxx PSYCH/620 Multicultural and Social Issues in Psychology Xxx Xxx April 28‚ 2014 Social Psychology and Multicultural Psychology People are influenced by many people‚ things‚ and situations. The impact of their social interaction is influenced by the way they think‚ feel and behave. Understanding how people form attachments and get along within society is essential‚ especially since there is a growing number of individuals with ethnic or
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Social Influences can be seen in conformity‚ obedience to authority and group behavior. At a college‚ one could see that their dress code composes of blue jeans and t-shirts‚ whereas those in the New York Wall Street normally wear dress suits. When groups of people come together they form social groups which lead to social influences. Autonomic Mimicry An example of autonomic mimicry is‚ researchers noticed that when a chimp would yawn another one would yawn from just watching. The same thing is
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Psychoanalytic – Freud- Psychoanalytical theory was formulated by Freud based on how the human mind functions. He believed that there were factors outside of the individual person’s awareness (unconscious thoughts‚ feelings and experiences) that influence their emotions‚ behaviour and actions‚ and that their past experiences‚ and their future. The Psychoanalytical Theory highlights the importance of the unconscious mental processes and childhood development issues as they relate to childish impulses
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theory approach emphasizes that a person’s behavior depends on the way he or she perceives the social situation or the importance of the social environment as perceived by an individual. A core idea in cognitive perspective is that people tend to spontaneously group and categorize objects which focus on current perceptions rather than on past learning. Cognitive theory is a learning theory of psychology that attempts to explain human behavior by understanding the thought processes. The assumption
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PSYCHOLOGY THE SCIENCE OF THE MIND AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR Psychological Methods - Final Project Psychology is the scientific approach to analyzing the mind and the cause for human behavior (Schacter‚ Gilbert‚ Wegner‚ 2007). Like many other forms of science‚ it is based on research that is conducted to solve a problem. Many times these discoveries are achieved through the use of theories and the methods used to test them. Generally research initiates
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An Overview of Social Psychology We have all been involved in a situation‚ at some point‚ that has left us scratching our heads as to what the hell just happened. Maybe it was someone else’s behavior or maybe it was our own behavior that was outside the norm of acceptable social behavior. Social psychology is the school of psychology that studies the way people behave in social settings. Social psychologists deal with the factors that lead us to behave in a given way in the presence of others
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THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY As a scientific discipline‚ social psychology is only a bit older than one hundred years‚ with most of the growth occurring during the past five decades (McGarty & Haslam‚ 1997). By most standards‚ social psychology is a relatively young science. In discussing the discipline’s history‚ it should be noted that there are two social psychologies‚ one in psychology and the other in sociology‚ with the larger of the two being the psychological branch (Jones‚ 1998)
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What is social psychology? According to your textbook‚ what are some big ideas in social psychology? What effect do these ideas have on behavior? Remember to include a citation and reference in your response. In my opinion I feel as though social Psychology is learning about how people interact in different cultures‚ environments‚ around certain people‚ and also how we interact with each other and how things have changed and how things are changing in language and communication. In our textbook
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