Chapter 2 Crowd Behaviour The existing literature on crowd behaviour involves a variety of definitions‚ descriptions‚ views and explanations. Several of them will be addressed in this chapter to lay the groundwork for the definition‚ focus and aspects that are considered necessary to proceed in understanding crowd behaviour. Crowd behaviour is the behaviour that is conducted by individuals who gather in a crowd. However‚ what is exactly meant when talking about crowds and their behaviour? In everyday
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4) Was Tom’s decision to try and deal with Dick’s theft the right way to proceed? In your answer‚ be sure to consider the full impact that Tom’s decision would have on the team‚ especially in terms of its values and sense of common purpose? In particular‚ also consider the way in which Tom’s conduct may align with (or come into conflict with): (a) the team’s values of fairness and moral behaviour; and‚ (b) wider social values of fairness and moral behaviour Compliance - Goals are motivations
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The Nature-Nurture Debate The nature-nurture debate is all about whether or not our behaviour stems from our genes or whether the environment around us and the way we are raised is the reason for why we behave in certain ways. Nature is what we are born with‚ the characteristics we inherit from our parents and things that cannot be changed. Nurture is what we learn from the things around us and the environment we are raised and live in. When looking at nature‚ this side of the debate suggests
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Unit XII Key Terms 1. Social psychology: the study of how people’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior influence‚ and are influenced by‚ the behavior of others 2. Social cognition: mental processes associated with people’s perceptions of‚ and reactions to‚ other people 3. Self-concept: the way one thinks of oneself 4. Self-esteem: the evaluations people make about how worthy they are as human beings 5. Temporal comparison: using one’s previous performance or characteristics as a basis for judging
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The mob mentality can be very dangerous thing because “When people are part of a group‚ they often experience deindividuation‚ or a loss of self-awareness. When people deindividuate‚ they are less likely to follow normal restraints and inhibitions and more likely to lose their sense of individual identity. Groups can generate a sense of emotional excitement‚ which can
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Agenda: Week 1 1. Communication defined -senders‚ receivers‚ & communication channels -encoding‚ decoding messages -noise‚ & environmental message factors -human (symbolic) interaction 2. The communication settings we’ll cover this semester -intrapersonal -dyadic/interpersonal -small group -public communication -mass communication Week 1: Elements of Communication COMMUNICATION- The process of human beings responding to the symbolic behavior of other persons
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Explain the impact of the Stanford prison experiment on psychology and behaviour. The Stanford prison experiment ‚led by professor Philip Zimbardo‚ was aimed at seeing the effect on people on becoming prisoners or prison guards. The idea was to see what happens to people when they are put in relatively ‘evil’ places. Do the people themselves become evil or is there no net effect? The results indicated that in fact people adapt to their role exceptionally well. It was observed that the prison guards
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Part 1 of 1 - 100.0/ 100.0 Points Question 1 of 50 2.0/ 2.0 Points Recovering a memory is like a _____________. A. Replaying a videotape of an event and filling in the missing sensory experiences‚ such as smell B. Reading a short story in which the plot is detailed but mental images must be generated C. Hearing the soundtrack of a story without access to the visual‚ and other sensory images Correct D. Watching unconnected frames of a movie and figuring out what the
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Ethical Dilemma: Two or more values you hold dear‚ or Personal value conflicts with organizational value Prescriptive (Normative) Principles→Focus on consequences (teleological ethics): Practical and already underlines business thinking. But difficult to evaluate all consequences‚ right of minorities can be sacrificed./Focus on duties‚ obligations‚ principles (deontological ethics): The means matter more than the ends‚ Decisions based on abstract universal principles such as honesty‚ fairness‚ rights
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* Extistencail psychology & humanistic approach (personality) Use in modern perspective Focus on how it relates to happiness Difference: humanist + side of human Est related to sex and aggression. Which statement about Freud’s theory of personality is FALSE? The most important aspects of personally development are finished by age 6 The ego continues to develop as you grow The id is present at birth The ego must balance the demands of the id and super-ego The id is entirely unconscious
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