Social psychology

Stereotypes Stereotyping affects society in almost every way. Stereotyping is an idea of a certain group of people simplifying and often demeaning, this limits individuality in addition to potential. In this story stereotyping is demonstrated in dialogue and actions made by the characters. When stereotypes are used they affect not only the stereotyped but also the one making the stereotype by limiting them to shallow minded ideals. An example would be that Lennie is mistreated and misjudged…

sections I was likely to chose, but I was able to narrow it down to one. The section that really caught my attention was the section labeled ‘The Mere Presence of Others’ p.267. This section covers the term Social Facilitation which I found to be very true and relatable. The book states that Social Facilitation is the response of strengthening your performance when in the presence of others. It is basically saying that we try harder at doing something when there is people watching us. I know…

In many different societies we all contain social norms. Fundamentally, social norms are defined as “the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society” (YourDictionary). In other words, norms are the written or unwritten rules of behavior that we follow in everyday life. Some norms could be an effortless gesture such as “holding a door for an individual”. But other social norms are more strictly held to in certain situations than in others; for instance, slapping a…

Why Do People Stereotype Others? Stereotyping has been used nearly everyday and everywhere. It has been used at school, with friends, family, at home and anywhere you could think of, even at work environments. As a person have you ever thought what makes people want to stereotype another; is it the satisfaction of possible mentally hurting another or their feelings? Everyone has a different reason why they do it, but it doesn't mean that it's right and each person has their on way of reacting…

The Milgram’s Obedience study was an experiment one would find to be very interesting in regards to the human mind of authority. Stanley Milgram was a social psychologist whose motives was to explore American’s culture in comparison to German’s culture in obedience to commands of harming another individual. After reading about the study and watching the short film I became very sickened by the experiment. The entire thought process of the Germans to harm an individual to the point of possibly…

The Affect of Stereotypes on Society Criss Jami once said “When I look at a person, I see a person - not a rank, not a class, not a title” (Jami). It is dangerous to stereotype people because we doing their abilities to be successful based off our opinions. Stereotypes involve prejudging a large group of people, it affects everyone. Stereotypes can be defined as generalizing a large group based in idea, and they impact our society in many ways (Stereotypes). For example, in an interview with…

Anyone who knows me, knows that I do tend to use persuasion a lot. Over my winter break I used lots of persuasion. Those including Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. I used those three persuasion techniques while trying to go to a party, going shopping, and when trying to go to a friend’s house. While on break I used the persuasion technique Logos. It means that logic is used to support a claim. Over the break I was invited to a Christmas party that a few of my friends were going to. When I told my…

early 1950s, Solomon Asch conducted a series experiments how group pressure from a majority group influences on individuals and individuals can be conformed with a majority group defying their right judgments and reported the article, “Opinion and Social pressure”. The author commented, “This tests not only demonstrate the operation of group pressure upon individuals but also illustrate a new kind of attack on the problem and some of the more subtle questions that it raises” (Asch 598). These…

Humans practice the art of imitation, by mimicking other human beings. This is something that is so simple, something that is done subconsciously and yet something that is almost a necessity for survival for humans and animals. An elevator experiment was conducted at Bethany Lutheran College; in this experiment students were facing the opposite direction when the doors opened. The majority of the test subjects stepping onto the elevator followed suit and faced the opposite wall, even though…

The well-known general, Robert E. Lee once claimed, "Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character." What initiates normal people to make unthinkable decisions? The article, "The Perils of Obedience" by Stanley Milgram, contains an experiment that demonstrates how far people will go and continue to obey authority. Milgram conducts tests using random subjects, actors, and a fake electric chair; he gives the subjects the power to increase voltage and potentially "harm" the…