Social Psychology
Statement of the learner intends to research

hat I would like to be informed about regarding social psychology is all the ways and applications in which this concept can be understood and applied. Not just in scholarly situations but in every-day activities, among friends, at work, or in social situation. Having a good understanding of any aspect of psychology for a student (or any alert person) in these times is helpful and the pursuit of that understanding brings insight and knowledge.

hat the learner hypothesizes vis-a-vis what he may discover in the literature

The discoveries that are available in the literature are going to be fun to explore, and I have a clue that they will relate to human behavior from a scientific perspective. I would imagine those scholarly journals will likely relate to leadership, to social behaviors from the perspective of individuals and from the perspective of a group, why certain…...

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Works Cited

Cherry, Kendra. (2008) What is Social Psychology? About.com. Retrieved February 27, 2012,

From  http://psychology.about.com/od/socialpsychology/f/socialpsych.htm?p=1 .

Gehlbach, Hunter. The Social Side of School: Why Teachers Need Social Psychology.

Educational Psychological Review, 22(3), 349-362.

Social Psychology
There are two roots from which Social Psychology is derived: sociology and psychology. Sociology is the study of how groups of people interact with each other. Psychology is the study of how individuals think and act on their own. Combining these two areas of study led to the development of social psychology.

Social psychology does consider the things sociologists consider, including how large groups work together and what members of various groups are expected to do and what they expect others to do. It considers the organizations formed by humans to help conduct life, including schools and government organizations and even leisure organizations, such as social clubs and sports clubs.

But it also considers the psychology of the people in all those groups. It takes into account the ways in which the groups work with the psychology of the individuals, and it takes into account the ways the individuals in any…...

Social Psychology
Social Biases

Social bias is a concept which should need no explanation, however, unfortunately, that is not the case. In this society, instances of social bias are insidious and all pervasive. They are represented by prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. Also unfortunate, is the fact that social bias is not always obvious because it can manifest in either subtle or blatant form. Furthermore, though not always apparent, individual lives are continuously impacted by bias, be it stereotyping, prejudice, or outright discrimination. There are, however, strategies which may be employed to overcome social biases. It is only with a thorough understanding of what social bias is, how it affects individuals, and availing oneself of the tools to eradicate it, that it may eventually dissipate thereby removing the negative impact that it has on individuals, groups, and society as a whole.

Essentially, social bias is a general concept which refers to the fact that…...

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References

Brehm, S., Kassin, S. & Fein, S. (1999). Social Psychology (4th ed.). Boston: Houghton

Mifflin.

Fiske, S. (2010). Social beings: Core motives in Social Psychology (2nd ed.). Hoboken,

NJ: Wiley.

Social psychology has only existed as it is defined, within the last eighty years, with growth accelerating in the past four decades. Social psychology enables analysis of the cognitive and social processes in relation to human-to-human interaction. "Social psychology, the scientific study of the effects of social and cognitive processes on the way individuals perceive, influence, and relate to others" (Smith, Mackie & Claypool, 2014, p. 11). It allows people to see from an objective standpoint how people engage with each other on a social level. Studies concerning social psychology, test reactions of people and social groups.
In the modern era, contemporary social psychology takes on its own history and meaning within the field of social psychology. "Contemporary social psychology is a product of its own history and of the history of the societies in which it developed" (Smith, Mackie & Claypool, 2014, p. 9). Delving deeper into the context surrounding…...

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References

Leong, F., Hartung, P., & Pearce, M. (2014). Work and career development: Theory and research. APA Handbook Of Multicultural Psychology, 1, 451-469. doi:10.1037/14189-024

Reid, P., Lewis, L., & Wyche, K. (2014). An intersectional framework for a multicultural analysis of gender. APA Handbook Of Multicultural Psychology,1, 379-394. doi:10.1037/14189-020

Smith, E., Mackie, D., & Claypool, H. (2014). Social psychology (4th ed.). Taylor & Francis.

Social Psychology
There are a number of varying definitions of attraction. In an interpersonal, social sense, however, attraction is simply the gravitation between a person towards another due to several factors, some of the most eminent of which are familiarity, similarity, and reciprocity. When all three of these factors are present, there is a strong propensity for attraction to exist between people. Moreover, this combination usually leads to mutual attraction.

Familiarity is often a principle determinant in attraction for the simple fact that it denotes a feeling of comfort. This feeling is conducive to attraction between people, because when they are comfortable around one another (Smith and Mackie, 2007, p. 397)they are able to relax and enjoy themselves. The degree of felicity that comfort allows is an integral part of attraction. People who are happy tend to gravitate towards others who help them feel this way. Additionally, familiarity breeds attraction in the…...

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References

Smith, E.R., Mackie, D.M. (2007). Social Psychology. New York: Psychology Press.

Sternberg, R.J. (1997). "A Triarchic View of Giftedness: Theory and Practice." Handbook of Gifted Education. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Social Psychology: Matrix Management
Corporations are consistently seeking ways to improve their overall organizational performance and consumer's perceptions of their quality service and innovativeness. Over the last several years, the matrix structure of management, where an employee has a direct report manager but also is influenced and heavily directed (and sometimes funded) by another manager/organization has become a major organizational trend. Matrix management is rapidly becoming popularized and adopted by corporations seeking solutions to budgetary, manpower and productivity issues.

To the individual a matrix management type of strategy presents the challenges of serving two masters. To managers, it presents challenges in directing the behavior of employee's that do not report directly to them and that they cannot directly reprimand or fire. For matrix teams, members also often struggle with varying agendas and incentive plans, thus management is faced with a challenge when attempting to coalesce the team. Power struggles and employee conflicts…...

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Bibliography

Aronson, E. (1999). "The Social Animal." W.H. Freeman & Co.

Burns, L.R. (1989). "Matrix Management in Hospitals: Testing Theories of Matrix Structure and Development." Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 34

Eom, S.B. (1999). "Virtual Teams: An Information Age Opportunity for Mobilizing Hidden Manpower." SAM Advanced Management Journal, Vol. 64

Epstein, L.D., & Staw, B.M. (2000). "What Bandwagons Bring: Effects of Popular Management Techniques on Corporate Performance, Reputation and CEO Pay." Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 45

Social Psychology
Smiling and Head Tilting

Importance in nonverbal communication according to Brazilian study

The Nature of apport and Its Nonverbal Correlates

Defining and developing rapport

Nonverbal correlates of rapport

Method for Teaching About Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

Instructional techniques that make use of the Interpersonal Perception Task (IPT)

Instructional uses of the IPT

Evaluation of the IPT as a teaching method

NONVEBAL COMMUNICATION

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze three journal articles on nonverbal communication. Specifically, it will contain a written review summarizing what the studies were, and what their findings were.

NONVEBAL COMMUNICATION

The first journal article profiled a study on head tilting and smiling, and what effect it had on the perception of the person. The importance of this study is two-fold. First, there had been few studies on smiling and the perception of smiling before this study was completed, and most of the studies did not concentrate on different ways of smiling or moving…...

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References

Costanzo, Mark. "Methods and Techniques: A Method for Teaching about Verbal and Nonverbal Communication." Teaching of Psychology 18.4 (1991): 223-226.

Otta, Emma, et al. "The Effect of Smiling and of Head Tilting on Person Perception." Journal of Psychology 128.3 (1994): 323-331.

Tickle-Degnen, Linda, and Robert Rosenthal. "The Nature of Rapport and Its Nonverbal Correlates." Psychological Inquiry 1.4 (1990): 285-293.

Social psychology is the branch of psychology that involves the scientific study of how individuals think about, relate to, and influence each other (Myers, 2012). Social psychology emphasizes several different aspects of behavior: (a) the situational influences that affect how people interact for relate to each other; (b) how cognitions interact with relationships and behavior; and (c) how and how the individual or group relates to or influences others (Myers, 2012). To put it simply social psychology studies people in the social context.
General psychology can be generally described as the study of mental functions and behavior (American Psychological Association, 2013). All disciplines of psychology study behavior in a specific context. The context of behavior that social psychology specializes in is the social context or as stated above how people think about, relate to, and affect other people. This is one aspect of general psychology. Another aspect of psychology would be…...

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References

American Psychological Association. (2013). About APA. Retrieved on April 10, 2013 from http://www.apa.org/about/index.aspx

Creswell, J.W. (2012). Educational research: Planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Myers, D.G. (2012). Social Psychology (11th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Trull, T.J. & Prinstein, M.J. (2012). Clincal psychology (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

ocial Psychology Differ When Applied in Different Cultural Context
ocial Psychology within a humanistic critique

Being social is a harmless and innate characteristic of the human nature. People who like to socialize like to share their own personal space with people around them. They encourage and even initiate interactions like conversation and friendship. The reality TV shows have become a rage due to the fact that our society as a whole has become so interested in the social lives of other people. The word 'sociable' has been described by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary as "inclined by nature to companionship with others of the same species" and/or "inclined to seek or enjoy companionship" ("ociable," 2013, n.d.). In other words, we can say that sociable is looking for companionship as, it's a part of our nature to look for companions belonging to the same genus and searching or looking for company that one can…...

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Sociable. (2013). Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 3 Sept. 2013. .

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Wisdom. (2013). Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 3 Sept. 2013. ..

Social Psychology
Cognitive processes, social interactions, cultural context, and biological factors are what form what social psychology is in regards to and also how it is trained in that social psychologists are typically concerned in an individual with stress on all the things that make a person who they act the way they do are and who they are and what they think and also how they perform socially (Baron, Branscombe, & Bryne, 2008). As stated by psychologist Gordon Allport, social psychology is looked at as discipline that utilizes the scientific approaches "to try and get an understanding and also explaining how the feeling, thought and conduct of people are affected by the real, unreal or understood attendance of other human-beings. Social psychology has been able to get a glimpse at a wide variety of social topics, and that includes things such as nonverbal behavior, leadership, social perception, group behavior, conformity,…...

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Works Cited

Baron, R. & . (2005). Advanced Social Psychology. Prentice Hall of India. Retrieved from Prentice Hall of India

They deal with both short-term and long-term disorders and everything from childhood problems to schizophrenia. Where social psychology may deal with the influences of advertising on various groups of people, clinical psychology might focus on the emotional disorder an individual has from being overwhelmed by our society today including that 24-hour a day advertising that makes him crazy along with other stresses.
General Psychology

General psychology is the study of the brain (mind), and such concepts as perception, emotion, recognition, and the behaviors that stem from them. There is not a focus on a specific type of psychology but rather knowledge of all aspects of the science. Many general psychologists work in diverse areas such as human resources, advertising, market research, etc. And apply their knowledge of psychology to those functional areas.

Sociology

Sociology provides different perspectives on any major or significant social issue you might think of. Sociologists study the structure of…...

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Bibliography

APA. (1999, December 11). Social psychology: once overlooked, now a staple. Retrieved June 14, 2009, from American psychological association (apa): http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec99/ss8.html

Dewey, J. (2005). Human nature and conduct an introduction to social psychology. Whitefish, Montana: Kessinger Publishing.

Kearl, M. (n.d.). Social psychology. Retrieved June 14, 2009, from Trinity University:  http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/socpsy.html 

Schneider, F.W., Gruman, J.A., & Coutts, L.M. (2005). Applied social psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Psychology and Social PsychologySocial psychology is considered the scientific study of how individuals thoughts, behaviors, and feelings are influenced by other peoples behaviors and characteristics, notwithstanding if these behaviors and characteristics are inferred, real, or imagined. Social psychology is critical in understanding how the psychology of individuals works and the external factors that have an overarching impact on developing the self-concept.Psychology and social psychology intersect as the individuals interact; they may act following social expectations or depending on peoples behaviors, attitudes, and thoughts in different cultures (Morris & Maisto, 2016). Thus, behaviors often are perceived as reflections of individual traits, such as values and attitudes, instead of situational behavior that other peoples social expectations may prompt.Social psychology acknowledges peoples behaviors are greatly influenced by a sense of universality, exploring how social behaviors differ in different cultures. Further, social psychology is not oblivious to the biological influence on a persons behavior;…...

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References

Hunt, C., Borgida, E., & Lavine, H. (2012). Social Cognition. Encyclopedia Of Human Behaviour, 456-462.  https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-375000-6.00331-1 

Morris, C., & Maisto, A. (2016). Understanding psychology (11th ed.). Pearson.

Simply put, social psychology addresses “individual behavior in a social context,” (McLeod, 2007). Social psychology differs both from sociology and other approaches to psychology, in that it focuses on micro issues related to the individual’s self-concept and psychological coping specifically with regards to social stimuli. Although not as famous as other branches of psychology like cognitive behaviorism or psychoanalysis, social psychology nevertheless plays a tremendous role in improving mental health outcomes. As Bandawe (2010) points out, social psychology is instrumental in predicting individual responses to public health messages or the willingness to adapt health-seeking behaviors. Social psychologists can also contribute to fields like education, marketing, and the media. Social psychology is actually one of the oldest branches of psychological inquiry. Philosophers from Aristotle to Hegel postulated about individual responses to social situations (McLeod, 2007). However, the first formal references to social psychology include German research conducted on Volkerpsychologie in 1860, followed…...

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References

Bandawe, C. (2010). A brief history of Social Psychology and its contribution to health in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal 22(2): 34-37.

McLeod, S. (2007). Social psychology. Simply Psychology. Retrieved online:  

https://www.simplypsychology.org/social-psychology.html 

Stanley Milgram’s groundbreaking psychological experiments on obedience remain famous not just because of what they revealed about human behavior, but also because of how they drew attention to the need for more robust ethical codes in psychological research. Burger (2009) replicates Milgram’s most famous obedience studies in “Replicating Milgram,” tweaking the methodology to ensure ethical treatment of research participants. Therefore, the Burger (2009) experiment uses slightly different experimental approaches. Experimental approaches “have long been a mainstay of the natural science disciplines,” and the “value and applicability of these approaches is relatively new to research examining the psychological, political, and economic dimensions of human life online,” (Oxford Internet Institute, 2017, p. 1). No non-experimental approaches were used in the original Milgram or the Burger (2009) studies. The Milgram experiments were so groundbreaking as to lead to new theory development in behavioral and social psychology. Milgram worked with the hypothesis that obedience is…...

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References

Burger, J.M. (2009). Replicating Milgram. American Psychologist 64(1): 1-11.

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Miller, A. G. (2009). Reflections on “Replicating Milgram.” American Psychologist 64(1): 20-27.

Oxford Internet Institute (2017). Experimental approaches. Retrieved online:  https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/study/courses/experimental-approaches/ 

http://psychyogi.org/ethical-issues-in-psychology/ 

Social psychology is the study of human behavior in social situations, showing how social pressures and sociological variables can impact psychological phenomenon such as identity, motivation, personality, or behavior. A quintessential topic in the field of social psychology is bullying. Bullying can be studied from a public health perspective, showing how the external variables such as how a school is designed and the leadership and organizational culture of the school affects risk factors implicated in bullying behaviors or victimization patterns. Alternatively, bullying can be examined from a purely psychological perspective to reveal the factors implicated in aggressive physical or verbal behaviors or alternatively, to study victim characteristics or why some bystanders refuse to step in when they observe bullying behaviors. This latter issue links in with the social psychology approach. The social psychology of bullying examines factors like why some people perpetrate bullying behaviors due to their upbringing, their sense…...

I. Introduction
A. Explanation of the relationship between historic events and the development of sociology
B. Thesis statement: Historic events have played a significant role in shaping the field of sociology by influencing social theories, research methodologies, and the overall understanding of human society.

II. Influence of the Industrial Revolution
A. Impact on social structures and class systems
B. Emergence of urbanization and social inequalities
C. Development of social theories such as Marxism and functionalism

III. Influence of World War II
A. Disruption of social order and norms
B. Rise of mass communication and propaganda
C. Growth of social psychology and group....

Title: The Emotional Impact of Beneficial Laws on Minority Groups

Introduction: Laws that are put into place to protect minority groups are an important step towards creating a more equal and inclusive society. While these laws are intended to benefit minority groups, the emotional response of individuals within these groups to such laws is not well understood. This study seeks to examine the emotional impact of beneficial laws being put into place to protect minority groups.

Methodology: A qualitative research approach will be used to explore the emotional response of individuals within minority groups to laws that are enacted to protect their....

Emotional Response to Beneficial Laws Protecting Minority Groups

Introduction:

Laws play a crucial role in shaping societal norms and fostering a sense of equity and justice for all citizens. When laws are enacted to protect minority groups from discrimination and inequality, they can evoke strong emotional responses from both beneficiaries and opponents. This essay explores studies that investigate the emotional impact of beneficial laws on minority groups.

Positive Emotional Responses:

Gratitude and Hope: Studies have shown that members of minority groups who benefit from protective laws often experience feelings of gratitude and hope. These laws provide a sense of validation and recognition, fostering....

Kurt Lewin revolutionized the field of social psychology through his pioneering work in the areas of group dynamics, social psychology, and organizational psychology. Some of the key ways in which Lewin transformed the field include:

1. Field theory: Lewin introduced the concept of field theory, which emphasized the importance of understanding behavior in the context of the social and environmental factors that influence it. This framework helped to shift the focus of psychology from individual traits and characteristics to the interactions between individuals and their environments.

2. Action research: Lewin developed the method of action research, which involves actively engaging with participants....