Presenting the review as an expert, social psychology is applied to many factors and issues that take place in the society, today. The way in which people communicate, share thoughts, ideas, and interact with individuals in the everyday world is the foundation of social psychology. The purpose of the field identifies the relationship of one’s thoughts, feelings, and actions towards another individual. Many topics arise within the field of social psychology that brings excesses behaviors and emotional reactions among effected individuals. Discussing the disasters experiences and preparedness as a main topic with relevant articles and theories will help discover the importance of applied social psychology. Disaster Preparedness is the way
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Keeping track of the news, being aware of one’s life is very important during different seasons of the year for the appropriate disaster. Rice et. al. (2010) emphasize on the attitudes from different types of disasters. Many people fail to take warnings seriously. People fail to seek shelter and abide by the rules, even if they are aware of the resources and upcoming procedures for the disasters. In the study, students were given the opportunity to create additional plans for certain disasters. Face-to-face conversations, phone interviews, and surveys was used to gather information about people that have survived the deadly storm. It was found that certain disasters consisted of more or less steps than a different type of disaster (Rice et. al, 2010). For example, the way in which one get down in the huddling position for a tornado will not work in a …show more content…
Conformity is the way in which one change their behavior to be more like others. In regard to a disaster, a person may change his mind about staying in his home as he see others seeking shelter and evacuating the dangerous area. Group polarization is the tendency for a group to make extremely important decision that could benefit their members. Compared to natural disasters, as William (2008) gave an overview of the mayor and governors attitude on the final steps of the storm, they had to meet as a group to decide on accessing a bus to house the member to a new location. Many brainstorming ideas had to take place in order for someone to come up with the brilliant idea of additional transportation for a large amount of people to escape the area. In most cases, evacuating to a sturdy shelter is the common procedures during a hurricane. Applied social psychology is a field that is important because it is relevant to one’s actions, belief, and attitude in different situations with the help of other’s emotional feelings and behaviors. The way in which one communicates with one another and discuss their likes, dislikes, positive, negative, right, or wrong understanding has an effect on their final decision in life. One’s feedback could change someone’s life for the best or worst in a given
Keeping track of the news, being aware of one’s life is very important during different seasons of the year for the appropriate disaster. Rice et. al. (2010) emphasize on the attitudes from different types of disasters. Many people fail to take warnings seriously. People fail to seek shelter and abide by the rules, even if they are aware of the resources and upcoming procedures for the disasters. In the study, students were given the opportunity to create additional plans for certain disasters. Face-to-face conversations, phone interviews, and surveys was used to gather information about people that have survived the deadly storm. It was found that certain disasters consisted of more or less steps than a different type of disaster (Rice et. al, 2010). For example, the way in which one get down in the huddling position for a tornado will not work in a …show more content…
Conformity is the way in which one change their behavior to be more like others. In regard to a disaster, a person may change his mind about staying in his home as he see others seeking shelter and evacuating the dangerous area. Group polarization is the tendency for a group to make extremely important decision that could benefit their members. Compared to natural disasters, as William (2008) gave an overview of the mayor and governors attitude on the final steps of the storm, they had to meet as a group to decide on accessing a bus to house the member to a new location. Many brainstorming ideas had to take place in order for someone to come up with the brilliant idea of additional transportation for a large amount of people to escape the area. In most cases, evacuating to a sturdy shelter is the common procedures during a hurricane. Applied social psychology is a field that is important because it is relevant to one’s actions, belief, and attitude in different situations with the help of other’s emotional feelings and behaviors. The way in which one communicates with one another and discuss their likes, dislikes, positive, negative, right, or wrong understanding has an effect on their final decision in life. One’s feedback could change someone’s life for the best or worst in a given