Social psychologists

Another prominent personality in psychology that further advanced the area was Muzafer Sherif, a Turkish-American social psychologist who made a progression in social judgment theory and conflict theory. Muzafer was born on July 29, 1905 in Muzzaffer Serif Basoglu and died on October 16, 1988 in Fairbanks, Alaska at the age of eighty-two from a heart attack (Harvey, 1989). During Sherif’s early years, he attended an elementary school for six years and enrolled at Izmir International College,…

Ontology is a study of being and its general laws. And ontological aspect in social psychology is about beliefs about how social world works, what the main parts of this world are and how these parts work together. It also can be defined as psychological research, people`s attempts to understand the laws of the mind, to check the validity of the existing knowledge in the field of psychology. Epistemology is a philosophical study about the real knowledge and how this true knowledge can be…

emergency services. Despite several people witnessing the incident, what is the reason why nobody assisted the woman? The witnesses do not want to be involved in a crime because of their apathy. “If you educate a group of people about the concepts of social cuing, pluralistic…

Haney, the author of this article, is a doctor of social psychology, meaning he has a very clear understanding on the topic and he can complete the research needed to express in the article. The purpose of this genre is to inform, again he is more informing the general population of professionals in the…

as a social psychological phenomenon that refers to cases in which individuals do not offer any means of help to a victim when other people are present. The probability of help is inversely related to the number of bystanders. A well-known case of the bystander effect was an article “37 Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call the Police” written by Martin Gansberg. It was in 1964 when Catherine Genovese also known as Kitty was murdered outside her apartment on way from work. As…

December). Coaxing better behavior. Monitor on Psychology, 62-67. Retrieved Oct 2, 2015, from www.apa.org/monitor/index.aspx Summary: Nudge principles are the findings of psychologists who have studied people’s natural tendency to behave in a way that affects their decisions. Tori DeAngelis focuses on how social psychologists can use these recent principles to impact people for the better, in their choices and in their daily life. It is a gentler approach that is being tested and used by…

One of the classic studies in social psychology that is still very relevant today is the Bystander Effect. The Bystander Effect is a psychological phenomenon in which a bystander doesn’t help someone in need of aid due to being surrounded by a group of people, and proceeds as a witness. An experiment showcasing The Bystander Effect was conducted by psychologists John Darley and Bibb Latené in 1964. The idea for the experiment came about after the public murder of Kitty Genovese. Darley and…

Social influence is a change in an individual's behavior that was caused by interactions with people or the perception of society. This was a psychological theory developed in 1981 by a psychologists named Bibb Lante. There are three areas of social influence theory, and they are Conformity, compliance, and obedience. Conformity is changing how you act to fit in with others. This might happen so you can get acceptance from family or friends. Behavior isn’t the only thing that can change when…

phenomenon is known as the Bystander effect. This happens when a group of people see that something is wrong, but don’t help. This paper will delve into why the bystander effect occurs and how people can actively stop it from occurring. Many psychologists such as Latane and Bibb have researched extensively into this terrible phenomenon. It will go into detail…

geographically isolated from the world, just mentally disconnected from it. It knows that out-groups do exist and it has access to dissenting information, yet its social identity is so strong that it assertively dismisses and even acts against outsiders in the form of verbal assaults and possibly…