Internalization

In the reading this week the impact of stereotype was discussed. The term “stereotype threat” is used to describe the phenomena that occur when groups that have negative stereotypes associated with them, feel the pressure to defy those associations and end up doing poorly on tests and other assignments. It seems contradictory to think that someone’s efforts in trying to defy a stereotype will somehow lead to a weaker performance. However, as the article points out, those studying are often not…

experienced or witnessed racism, you may know just how devastating it can be. Racism makes people feel unworthy and even inhuman. In A Lesson Before Dying, the effects of slavery are shown in the whites’ superior attitude towards the blacks, the internalization of the blacks and the whites’ justification to prove their higher status. One of…

domestic violence by Moylan et al. it is claimed, “teens that were abused as children are more likely to experience depression and other internalizing problems” (Moylan et al. 54). The article goes on to discuss how domestic violence can lead to internalization of emotions, which can later lead to depression, directly outlining the progression of…

Weight-based stigmatizations experienced by these individuals are as a result of negative characterization (for instance laziness [2], stupidity and ugliness) and discrimination by the society. If not well managed, these stigmatization and bias internalization could affect the individual’s psychological wellbeing and even result in other mental and health conditions such as uncontrolled eating, depression, and somatic symptomology. Despite weight discrimination having many undesired impacts,…

cause and effect thinking, as modern subjects are now able to discipline themselves, through the internalization of violence (). Thus, unlike Rousseau, there is no accountability to a sovereign or right of rule, as the relationship between law and violence emerges as man begins to exercise discipline upon the self, through guilt (). Therefore, violence is at the heart of law, and the internalization of violence is enacted* through self-discipline and guilt. Hence, this can be regarded as an…

certain thought or behaviour. The proximity principle is when an individual’s interpersonal interaction with society occurs primarily in an individual’s immediate environment; and the psychology principle is considering the different process of internalization that occurs based on each person’s motives, beliefs, and…

of this study was to investigate weight bias internalization in individuals who perceive themselves as overweight and also to examine differences in anti-fat attitudes among normal and overweight individuals. A sample size of 202 female and males completed an online survey that assessed anti-fat attitudes via the Anti-Fat Attitudes Scale ‘AFAS’. Individuals classified as overweight also completed the assessment of bias via the Weight Bias Internalization Scale ‘WBIS’. Evidence from this research…

Conformity is when your behaviours or beliefs are influence by those who are around you. It is when you change an aspect of yourself in order to fit in with a group. An example of this would be you swear more when you are in a rebellious group at school, or when you are in class and everybody answers a question with what you originally thought was the wrong answer, however you agree with them so you don’t stand out, or when you are talking about a recent event in the news, say a murder, and the…

Internationalization is a key strategy for businesses to survive the economic crisis, to develop their business effectively and efficiently. Since China’s WTO entry, internationalization has become the urgent problem of Chinese firms. In order to develop their business effectively and efficiently, firms has to establish their steps and to continue the growth increasingly more global and competitive markets. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the…

William Cross is one of the most influential black psychologists in the field of development. This psychologist is a leading theorist and researcher who deals with ethnic identity development; he focuses his research specifically on the development of African Americans. “In 1971, the original model of the Nigrescence theory addressed whether racial preference was believed to do two things: 1) to be a part of a Black person’s personal identity and 2) to affect the person’s mental health…