Social psychology

Fancy Title In his 1963 essay, “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem,” philosopher Erich Fromm argues that disobedience to authority started human history and blind obedience may cause its destruction. Fromm’s view on obedience to authority is that when we obey authority, even when it goes against our own reasoning and morals, then that obedience is cowardly and destructive while any act affirming individual will and autonomy is an act of freedom. Humanity could easily destroy…

determining the four future scenarios. Societal change has been mentioned and social preference of virtual or physical interaction were also considered along with telecommunication advancements. 2 FACTORS IMPACT ON PERSONAL TRANSPORT DEMAND 2.1 Oil…

Racial Bullying at Schools When I Think About Bullying I get a quote from Martin Luther King, "I have a fantasy that my four little youngsters would one day live in a country where they won 't be judged by the shade of their skin, yet by the substance of their character.” So once in a while I ask why still in the twenty-first century in a nation where as far as anyone knows there is fairness of human rights. This is affirmed by the beliefs of the originators of this awesome country and laws…

In the 21st century, the majority of society has dismissed the topic of bullying from it not being a current issue but focuses on other significant issues instead. Bullying has been an issue that has lingered in schools since the beginning of the educational system. Although it is still in today's schools, it has evolved over time from physical to cyber bullying. Sadly, plenty of people can resolve this issue, but are afraid due to the fear of being physically beaten or humiliated. Even in…

The article by Betsy Aimee, “What happened when I eliminated political dissent from my Facebook feed” analyzes the echo-chamber effect create through social media. In her writing, she reflects on this effect on individuals create by liking posts and pages, and eliminating many of the ideas that are not parallel with our own. Aimee was ignorant of this until she reposted a video of Sana Loesch blaming “godless left” for the San Bernardino shooting and the video was sponsored by Kimber, a…

In season 1, episode 2 of “The Office” the characters have to go through a diversity day. The episode goes through stereotypes of different races, on purpose, between the workers. Some of the characters say some very embarrassing things that leave not only them embarrassed as well as the whole office. Now there is plenty of embarrassing moments in the show for the characters. One that shows losing face is when Michael shows what he wants his coworkers to do with the card “exercise” with Kelly…

Risk factors relating to criminology are influences that can cause an individual to be more likely to commit offending behaviours compared to others. There are many factors that can lead to juvenile delinquency. Key risk factors include social influences such as family and peers or communal influences such as school policies and the area that they live in. However how much of these of these risk factors actually lead to offending behaviour in adolescence and what risk factor may have the biggest…

The simple definition of locus of control is described as one’s outlook on the world. Locus of control is a broad topic and can be divided into internal and external locus of control. An internal locus of control is described as “the perception that you control your own fate” (Myers 578). “The perception that chance or outside forces beyond your personal control determine your fate” (Myers 578) is the idea of external locus of control. A person who has an internal locus of control believes that…

According to Webster’s dictionary online, stereotypes are defined as believing that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same. Therefore, racial stereotyping is when people would think someone of the same race are equal in regards to behavior. People base judgments on previous events that may have happened to them or that they have witnessed. Some police misconduct starts from some stereotypes that many people have about different groups of people. There are usually at…

Persuasion in “The Use of Force” William Carlos Williams wrote this short story called “The Use of Force” in order to portray the life of a doctor and how sometimes a doctor may have to use force to save lives. There are different methods a doctor can use to persuade others to do what they are asked of. There are many ways to persuade others to do what is being asked of them, including being nice and charismatic, by using statistics and facts, or finally using force. These methods are being…