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    The Social Identity Theory addresses phenomena such as prejudice‚ discrimination‚ intergroup conflict and stereotyping in terms of personality or interpersonal interactions. Tajfel and Turner (1979) suggested that the differentiation of two groups was enough for the emergence of prejudice. Stereotyping is seen as unfair generalisations about members of a group. It is viewed as problematic and resistent to change. Stereotypes are cognitive representations of how members of a group are similar to one

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    Pro-Social Behavior Pro-Social behavior refers to a voluntary action or activity carried out by an individual or group of people that is intended to benefit another person or group of people. Pro-social behaviors are aimed at building and improving relationships and as such they help the society function in a proper way while also adding to its social capital. Pro-social behavior includes but not limited to activities such as giving donations‚ offering help‚ sharing‚ volunteering and also cooperating

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    Psychological Consequences of Begging As expressed previously‚ the social outcomes of begging prompts psychological issues so to speak delineated by a portion of the respondents. The social and psychological segments were interwoven and work through relationship and synchronization. There were a poor social relationship and interchanges or social trade in the examination zone‚ it were probably not going to feel the respondents exceedingly energized and glad psychologically. In this manner‚ the

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    When a social actor is activated‚ he or she is the dynamic force behind a social practice or agent of a process. Meanwhile‚ in many instances of representation‚ often a social actor gets passivated; participants are on the ‘receiving end’ of a process or activity due to the intent of a text writer to serve or perpetuate certain ideologies. Passivation of a social actor can be either subjected or beneficialised. A social actor is subjected when he or she takes the role of a goal in a process‚ as in

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    Conformity describes social influence that requires a change in beliefs or behaviours in order to assimilate with a groups norms. Conformity is governed by relationships to the social understanding and meanings of what is considered to be right and wrong within a given society. It includes the processes by which group members converge on any given standard of opinion or conduct‚ as well as the pressures they exert on one another to uphold such standards. As a culture‚ we understand what it means

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    According to Elliot Aronson in his book The Social Animal we are in a constant tension between our values of individuality and conformity. We want to fit in with the group without losing our unique qualities. However‚ at one point or another we all conform whether it be changing our answer from line B to line A in Solomon Asch’s experiment or changing our positions in an argument in order to be more liked by the group. All of this relates to self-esteem in some way‚ how we perceive our value to

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    Social Biases Octavio Landeros PSYCH/555 - Social Psychology December 02‚ 2013 Instructor: Dr. Deirdre Teaford Abstract People behave differently toward other culture and groups and discriminate in many forms of social bias. These biases can impact harshly an individual’s career and social life. Discrimination‚ prejudice‚ and stereotypes can influence adversely an individual’s quality of life. The concept is more prevalent in society that most people realize. This problem could be unfavorable

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    Social psychologist Amy Cuddy talked about “your body language shapes who you are” which is filmed by TEDGlobal on Jun 2012. For people who want to watch this speech‚ you can watch it on http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html. In this essay I will criticize this speech in three parts. First‚ i will look at her delivery in two parts such as physical and vocal delivery then‚ move on to audio-visual aids which are used by her. Finally‚ I will check her attention-getting

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    1.0 Introduction According to (Baillie et al.‚ p. 307; Palmer‚ p. 19) “A clock is an instrument used to indicate‚ keep‚ and co-ordinate time. The word clock is derived ultimately (via Dutch‚ Northern French‚ and Medieval Latin) from the Celtic words clagan and clocca meaning "bell". A silent instrument lacking such a mechanism has traditionally been known as a timepiece.” Design and accuracy of clocks have evolved along with progression of technology and industry and even though their main

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    Which social processes are more important in shaping individual identity: social structures or culture and socialisation? What is social identity? Social identity is “our understanding of who we are and of who other people are and‚ reciprocally‚ other people’s understandings of themselves and of others” (Jenkins 1996‚ p.38). There are many social processes that can shape an individual’s identity‚ whether it is social structures - such as the government‚ class‚ education and workplace-‚ culture

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