Social psychology

unworthy of their victim status, if represented at all. For instance, the reporting of ethnic minority, female victims is limited and if they are reported are often portrayed in a negative light, represented as sexually promiscuous or acting outside of social norms (Dixon & Linz, 2000; Meyers, 1997). A poignant example is the convicted rape of an 18 year old, black woman who was a previous Miss Black America contestant by high-profile boxer Mike Tyson (Lule, 1995). Jackson (2013) suggests “the…

The behaviors of medical staff in the play Wit by Margaret Edson (1998) allow us to view different circumstances that take place. In the play, patients are supposed to be the main focus of all care. Susie Monahan, the primary nurse of one patient, Vivian Bearing, who suffers from stage four ovarian cancer, is one of the few health professionals whose caring attributes display the principle that the focus of care should be on the patient. However, if Monahan was part of the collaborating team,…

distributed, these communities may come to feel isolated from the wider social group that the police represent (Fagan & Davies, 2000). Aggressive police practices such as ‘stop-and-frisk’ (as well as physical abuse have frequently targeted Black individuals concentrated in areas of poverty, high crime, and physical disorder (Fagan & Davies, 2000). The perception of being ‘over-policed’ and ‘under-protected’, has led to sense of social exclusion among many Black individuals (Parmar,…

Interpersonal attraction describes how and why individuals choose to enter relationships with others. It can encompass any type of relationship, however, this essay looked exclusively at romantic pairings. This essay critically evaluated studies associated with the variables influencing interpersonal attraction. These variables consisted of physical attraction, humour, attitude similarity and familiarity. Four studies regarding physical attraction and looking at the subareas of men and women,…

Values of a Society In the book “Brave New World” Aldous Huxley depicts a world where the humans are breed in a lab and are placed into different groups depending on what chemicals were washed over the still developing, fertilized egg in the lab. No matter what group these people are put into they all are given basic guidelines to live by, those values include community, identity, and stability. In the story the reader can visualize the sense of community that the people live by, for example,…

Rape Culture: Mythology of Blame In the midst of a dehumanizing and sex-driven culture, rape has plagued the bodies and minds of millions. Unfortunately, for victims, a reality of physical and emotional trauma just scrapes the surface of the repercussions involving sexual assault. In addition, rape victims face the negative alterations of post-rape trauma due to the negative reactions of society (Yamawaki, Darby, and Queiroz). Though society recognizes rape as an increasing societal problem,…

expectations for the respect of social rules. Two different types of social influence may affect the person as well. Normative Social Influence affects people with the fear of disapproval and the satisfaction of social acceptance. This is how others may influence something like clothing. Informational Social Influence relies more on sensical information. This type of influence shapes a person’s behavior because the ideas are understandable and logical. These influences create the social norms…

The candidates incorporated authority, social proofing, and the central route to persuasion in their debating techniques to persuade voters. Authority and social proofing act in a cyclical way, since a social proof is the act of individuals imitating others due to their own uncertainties in regards to a topic, and authority is used by those who use this uncertainty to their own advantage by acting credible, all-knowing, and confident to assure others that they should follow them. Central…

In today’s society, we ostracize people for many reasons. We often ostracize people when they seem different or act differently from the majority of people. People can become ostracized because of their race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and many other reasons. I have experienced ostracism throughout my entire life because of my sexual orientation, ostracism that was, in my opinion, completely undeserved. My experience being ostracized, however, was a little different than most. Instead…

Although Rufus is the white son of a slaveholder in the 1800’s, Dana’s initial plan for autonomy was to change and improve Rufus’s perception. Coming from 1976, she believes she can make headway towards racial equality because she lives in a time which it has become a reality. She figures if she is saving his life on multiple occasions, he might be willing to listen to her. Mitchell agrees with this theory as she points out “Rufus lives only because Dana saves his life again and again” (54).…