Pygmalion effect

Ever since I could remember, I have always been skeptical about personality assessments because I simply assumed they all have high levels of generalizability. However, this class has helped open my eyes to the different forms of personality tests and their benefits. I never took the time to think about the different forms of determining qualities of an individual’s personality. Whether it is a projective test (e.g., the Rorschach Inkblot test) or objective test (Minnesota Multiphasic…

The aim of this research study is to test the Stroop effect. The Stroop effect was first stablished by J. Ridley Stroop when he discovered a phenomenon in which people had a little difficulty when naming the color of the word. The “Speed of Processing” model states that the reading response occurs faster than the color-naming response, arguing that at the moment of receiving a task involving color-naming, the word stimuli receives the response before the word stimuli, leading to disorientation.…

[2] We could never get the full effect of her original pieces unless we were there, that much is true, but through the slides and film strips we see of hers, we know she wanted her work to be seen, distributed, and known throughout the art world and beyond. It would be impossible to get the same quality or effect as a performance piece, or an earth-body work, but the idea would still get across to the viewer. Though Ana…

This man is a legend when it comes to special effects. The things he did for that film will be looked at as a masterpiece forever. Most people don't realize that movie came out in 1939. That's almost 80 years ago. To be able to produce those kinds of special effects that long ago really takes a master at his craft. He has a very successful career in special effects and rightfully so. Special effects have really grown since those kind of movies. Now everything can be done…

This is illustrated as the bystander effect took place in social influence and diffusion of responsibility in the classical study of the murder of Kitty Genovese. The historical formation of the research on group dynamics and the influences on prosocial behavior of Kurt Lewin and the Society…

Nate Bretches Diffusion of Responsibility and the Bystander Effect Rough Draft “37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call Police” (Manning et al.). This is the famous article title written by journalist Martin Gansberg of the New York Times two weeks after the brutal rape and murder of Kitty Genovese (Manning et al.). This case is really quite fascinating. On the early morning of March 13th, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a young woman living in the Kew Gardens district of Queens, New York, was brutally murdered…

Prosocial behavior and altruism are two topics that are being studied within social psychology to try to understand the motivation behind humans to help those in need. Researchers have made various theories of why some people are more willing to help humans in need than other people and why people choose to help victims when they do. These theories do a great deal of explaining why exactly prosocial behavior and altruism occur when they do with regard to genetics, culture, and many other factors…

major independent variable was the number of people the subject thought to be in the discussion group. The main results stated that those in group of 2 people responded quicker than those in a 3 or 6 group, an analysis of variance indicates that the effect of group size is highly significant (p < .01). Duncan multiple-range tests indicate that all but the two- and three-person groups differ significantly from one another (p < .05). The results also stated, sex made no difference in respond…

viewer not having prior knowledge of the current issues in political society. However, when this information is known the cartoon is a highly effective piece of political text. This cartoon by Inkcinct has provided well-established literary and visual effects that negatively portray Turnbull and the Liberal-National…

time when others are around, according to the University of Minnesota. This phenomenon is called the bystander effect. People are eighty percent more likely to help someone in need when they are alone versus around other people. Everyone would like to think that they would help someone in need, but in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, a small town’s lottery is a symbol of the bystander effect and how no one questions tradition. The children collect rocks to use for the stoning, everyone jokes…