Social psychology

Antonio’s ‘Looking Glass Self’ influence by Agents of Socialization The theory of looking glass self was developed by Charles H. Cooley in 1902. In this theory, Cooley explains how the people around us affect living behaviors. In this regard, the theory of looking glass self can be used to explain the desire of Antonio to change his bullying behavior. According to Cooley, when an individual identifies what other people think about him/her, it may bring about feelings of self-doubt and…

There are various roles that people take on in groups. Different members have different degrees of power. This can affect groups in positive and negative ways. Power is best described as an individual’s ability to do something about change, referring to strength, control, domination and influence. Being a leader means having the ability to lead a group of people towards a goal by inspiring and being motivational. The two leaders John Howard and Elle Johnson Sirleaf have a legitimate power which…

In a social experiment conducted by Solomon Asch of 1951, Asch studied the impact of how social pressure from the majority can affect a person to conform (McLeod). The experiment consisted of one participant in a group of actors and all were asked to match the test line to a line most similar. In revealing their answers, the participant was asked to answer last out of the group while the actors all purposely answered incorrectly. With over 12 trials of the experiment, nearly 75% of the…

Non-verbal behaviours are messages sent between people that are used to build and maintain relationships and are largely sent and interpreted unconsciously (Forbes & Jackson, 1980). Studies have indicated that when a person’s verbal behaviour contradicts their non-verbal behaviour their verbal communication is likely to be discounted by the recipient (Forbes & Jackson, 1980). Non-verbal behaviour is a way of tuning into the person you are communicating with. It is used in regulating…

Labelling Interactionists suggest that there are several ideas which underline labelling theory. One of these is the particular situation in which people find themselves in. We can clearly see that if we label people as failures then this will affect how we react to those people. We can see in the past how people reacted to people who were regarded as mad and the mental institution of Bethlehem which later gave rise to the word bedlam showed how in the past such people could often be viewed in…

Social pressure is defined as the direct influence on people by peers, or the effect on an individual who gets encouraged to follow their peers by changing their attitudes, values, or opinions to conform to those influencing the group or individual. When faced with a situation involving outside pressure to complete a task, a person has two choices; to resist the coercion or to succumb to it. Most people have experienced and succumbed to social pressure because of many influencing factors, but…

The bystander effect refers to the scenarios where those who are in need of help in a case of an emergency are not provided with it when their in presence of other people. This is a social psychological occurrence that conventionally, it is found to have an inverse relationship that has a great deal of affect on the probability of the percentage of bystanders that will intervene and help if the numbers of the other bystanders. . Psychologist refer to it as ' Diffusion of responsibly' which…

Social norms are rules that are usually not written or explicitly stated and yet govern behavior within a society. The social norms vary from one society to another, they are the product of uses, customs and traditions. They are formed over the years and also vary from one generation to another. There are different social norms depending on the groups to which they belong. Social norms in a professional setting differ from those governing relationships in friendly settings. Also the social…

Drinking There are six Caldini’s principles or strategies of persuasion reciprocity, Commitment & Consistency, Social Proof, Liking, Authority, and Scarcity. Reciprocity is when we offer something first, people will feel a sense of indebtedness, which will make them more likely to comply with are subsequent requests. Commitment & Consistency is to stick to what we have already chosen. Social proof is when we tend to have more trust in things that are popular or endorsed by people that we trust.…

Conformity is the act of having the same attitude, beliefs, and behavior as a group of people even if the norm isn’t correct. Confirmity can be used in both positive ways. Sometimes it helps unify people and other times it may hold people back from achieving goals. In the aticle In the case for fitting in a group of scientist got a group of people to purposely get an answer wrong and then they put one more person in the group to see is they would go with the crowd or stand out and get it right…