Overjustification effect

In Cinderella by the Grimm Brothers, Cinderella’s father is still alive. She has to deal with a stepmother and stepsisters because her dad remarried. Her male savior is a prince and they meet at a ball. The setting is back in the day. A tree branch grants her wishes with the animals as helpers. The sister have a cruel ending with their eyes poked out. The prince finds her because of a glass slipper. She had always wanted to go the ball from the beginning. She never met the prince until the ball…

This article is about the Stroop color-word test and the effects it has on children, adults, and aging. Before reading this article, I have heard of this test before. The researchers will show the children and adults a word with a color such as green and it will be in a different color. This is testing to see if they can say they word without being interfered with the color showing up on the word. At first, this sometimes can be difficult but after you read the words a few times it gets easier.…

Archetypes: How you know the Stepmother is Evil Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess with skin the color of snow who lived with her stepmother. In one sentence you already know what is going to happen. You know who you are suppose to like, who the villain is, and you can probably guess the basic plot line and the ending. You know that the stepmother will be evil, she will try to hurt and/or kill the princess, who will undoubtable be saved by a prince on a gallant steed, and they will…

I and my two daughters, Racina and Rachel became a part of Cinderella’s life ten years after the death of her mother. At thirteen, it was clear to her father that Cinderella needed a mother-like figure to support her. So, within a year we married and I took on the role as a stepmother. At first, both welcomed us into their home. But, it was not long until that all changed. Soon Cinderella started to show her true colours, becoming quite impossible as she refused to do any of her chores. However…

“In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing” Two young psychologists, John Darley and Bibb Latane, put together two well thought out experiments to rationalize the response time of individuals in groups. After reading about the brutal attack of Catherine Genovese in New York in 1964, which ultimately lead to her death, the two men were on a mission to figure out why nobody helped. Even with the witnesses being awakened by her screams, they chose to do nothing about it until it was too late. After…

people had walked by that hour (cite). Why would the people just walk by and not at least ask if the man was doing okay? A social psychological phenomenon in which individuals do not assist a victim when others are around, known as the Bystander Effect, is what keeps most people in cases such as the case of Hugo Alfred Tale-Yax from helping or getting involved. The reason for people not assisting when others are present is the result of wanting to conform. Other people’s behavior is accepted…

That feeling is caused by a phenomenon known as the bandwagon effect. The bandwagon effect is when one accepts an idea because other people do. Concepts such as the bandwagon effect are explored in Ayn Rand’s Anthem. In the novella, there is a collectivist society that believes more in the importance of the group instead of the individual. Everyone in the society has the same beliefs and follows the same rules due to the bandwagon effect. Personal preferences are suppressed, and people who…

What would you do if you saw someone being treated unfairly and they were in need? Would you help them? In “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee and “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech” by Elie Wiesel are examples on why bystanders are guilty. People are obligated to stand up for others in need no matter the cost because it is the right thing to do. Bystanders are guilty because doing nothing and just watching can do as much as go against the victim. People have to look out for eachother. Bystanders…

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may be a few days to a few weeks, in reality some investigations take months, even years, before a conviction. It has created a phenomena known as the “CSI Effect” and is basically exactly what it states. How has this television show, “CSI”, played an impact on the criminal justice system and also the crime labs? Let’s start with the effect it plays on the court. Juries who watch this show, often have unrealistic expectations. These expectations may be that they are demanding evidence that…