Social Psychology: Characteristics‚ Motives‚ and Situationism PSYCH/550 May 27‚ 2013 Social Psychology: Characteristics‚ Motives‚ and Situationism According to Fiske (2010)‚ the classic definition of social psychology is‚ “the scientific attempt to explain how the thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors of individuals are influenced by the actual‚ imagined‚ or implied presence of other human beings” [ (p. 4) ]. In other words‚ where general psychology is the study of human behavior on an individual
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likely people are to help a person in need of assistance. When an emergency occurs‚ people are more likely to help when there are little or no other people. A summary about this study as well as an explanation of the results and how the concept of situationism relates to the study will be discussed. The Bystander Effect In 1964 the murder case of Kitty Genovese‚ a woman who was stabbed 38 times while bystanders watched and did nothing to help‚ caught the attention of John Darley and Bibb Latane. Darley
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References: Fiske‚ S. T. (2010) Social beings: Core motives in social psychology (2nd ed.). Hoboken‚ NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Allport‚ G. W. (1947). Scientific models and human morals. Psychological Review‚ 54(4)‚ 182-192. Kamtekar‚ R. (2004). Situationism and Virtue Ethics on the Content of Our Character. Ethics‚ 114(3)‚ pp. 458-491.
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conceptual foundations of social psychology. As a part of your analysis‚ address the following items: Define social psychology. Analyze the four key characteristics of social psychology as outlined in Social Beings. Explain the concept of situationism and the role that it plays in social psychology. Identify the five core social motives and explain how they affect the field of social psychology. College is one of the most common American dreams on the path to success. Getting there
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which the behavior takes place (McLeod‚ 2007). This paper will provide the definition of social psychology. There will be an analysis of the four key characteristics of social psychology. Included will be an explanation of the concept of situationism and the role that it plays in social psychology. Lastly‚ will be the five core social motives and the explanation of how each core social motive affects the field of social psychology (University of Phoenix‚ 2010). The Four Key Characteristics
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Individual Programmatic Assessment: Exploring a Classic Study in Social Psychology Christina Parker PSYCH 620 October 28‚ 2013 Stacy Hernandez Individual Programmatic Assessment: Exploring a Classic Study in Social Psychology Social psychology first examined the phenomena later termed “bystander effect” in response to a 1964 murder. The murder of a young woman with as many as 38 witnesses and none who helped until it was too late. The bystander effect is individuals seeing an emergency situation
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One relativistic theory of ethics is situationism. Situationism (also known as situation ethics) was devised by Joseph Fletcher‚ who was strongly against absolutist theories for instance; legalism and also disliked how religions were taught implying there were some rules that could never be broken‚ as he thought these rules are too demanding and restrictive. He then created this theory of situation ethics which is seen as the ‘mid way’ because it lies between antinomianism and legalism. Antinomianism
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views that are compatible with the Christian World view‚ are called "absolutisms" and the views that are not compatible are called "non-absolutisms"(Paris‚ 2014). The three that are not compatible with the Christian world view are antinomianism‚ situationism‚ and generalism. The three that are compatible are unqualified absolutism‚ conflicting absolutism‚ and graded absolutism. Antinomianism is the ethical system that "literally means- against or instead of law"(Paris‚ 2014). According to newadvent
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the insistence that predetermined laws are to be put into action when they are relevant to the situation at hand. • Antinomianism says no guidelines or principles‚ not even love‚ can tell us whether an action is right or wrong. Fletcher’s situationism is based on four main presuppositions. 1. Pragmatism ~ Whether we like it or not‚ what is good must be judged on the basis of what works. 2. Relativism ~ Situation ethics is also based on the principle of relativism. This does not mean that
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conceptual foundations of social psychology. As a part of your analysis‚ address the following items: Define social psychology. Analyze the four key characteristics of social psychology as outlined in Social Beings. Explain the concept of situationism and the role that it plays in social psychology. Identify the five core social motives and explain how they affect the field of social psychology. PSYCH 555 Week 2 Individual Assignment “The Self” Paper Prepare a 1‚050 to 1‚400-word
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