The presence of others affects our behaviors through influence. Peer pressure being the best example of this. Through peer pressure our peers influence us by encouraging use to change our attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs in order for us to conform to the group norm. A person who is influenced by peer pressure may not want to actually be a part of the groups or associate with them and as such change their behavior accordingly to the group behavior when around that group. A person may change his or her attitudes and behaviors when around social groups in order to feel accepted even if they don’t particularly believe in the group behaviors.
People who are alone are more likely to be effective because they imagine if they are the victim, they expect people around would help. In contrast, when individuals are in a group, they follow what the group does. Individuals think that someone in the group has already take care the scene; they are being lazy because there are more of them, and they think they don’t have to worry about it. So, individuals are more likely to be lazy when they are in a group. Secondly, individuals think and act differently when they are in a group is because they are being controlled by the group.
To conform to the expectations of others may be very self-destructive Many people live up to others in order to belong and sometimes it may lead to self-destruction. People choose to conform to others’ expectations because they want to be a part of certain groups so that they won’t be isolated. In the process of fulfilling the expectations of others, people may be misled and it would be destructive to their identity for the reason that they tend to lose their own concepts and beliefs when they try to conform to others’ expectations. A balance of being accepted and to maintain individuality is essential so that while meeting others’ expectations, it would be less self-destructive. Since living up to others’ expectations may be detrimental, then why do people still want to live up to others?
The mind frame which an adolescent is permanently damaged with is not a healthy one. The learned behavior that a male or female carry on becomes an unhealthy cycle. It is too often that adults don’t realize that the major victim to domestic violence is the innocent child who lives the domestic violence environment. For example, young preschool children witnessing domestic violence has a negative effect on the development of preschool. There is a discrepancy between exposed and non-exposed children in cognitive ability as well as externalizing and internalizing behavior problems.
Unit 12 2.1explain how individuals experience discrimination due to misinformation The attitudes people have towards those of us with mental health problems mean it is harder for them to work, make friends and in short, live a normal life. -People become isolated -They are excluded from everyday activities -It is harder to get or keep a job -People can be reluctant to seek help, which makes recovery slower and more difficult -Their physical health is affected. This is because society in general has stereotyped views about mental illness and how it affects people. Many people believe that people with mental ill health are violent and dangerous, when in fact they are more at risk of being attacked or harming themselves than harming other people.
She is more than capable of showing emotions, but she can be brought down due to the feelings of others. It is easy to see that some individuals are more motivated than others. “The self-efficacy theory developed by Albert Bandura holds that an individual’s belief that he or she is capable of performing a task is a complement to the goal-setting theory as it incorporates goals into the process. Higher efficacy is related to greater confidence, greater persistence in the face of difficulties, and responding to negative feedback with working harder, not shutting down” (2011). Tara is not very engaged when working and does not enjoy talking out issues with co-workers and managers however, she is capable of managing her attitude in the work-place, very detail oriented, and comfortable with her work.
The mentally ill or homeless. Someone who is mentally handicapped or medically dependent people, such as nursing home patients or people with dabilitating diseases like MS, Parkinson's, or cancer. The elderly are at risk as are children. This is because they have nobody to protect them and are often abused by people in their lives. These are a few things that might predispose one to abuse.
Anxiety; the child may worry constantly about the situation at home. He or she may fear the alcoholic parent will become sick or injured, and may also fear fights and violence between the parents. Embarrassment; parents may give the child the message that there is a terrible secret at home. The ashamed child does not invite friends home and is afraid to ask anyone for help. Confusion; the alcoholic parent will change suddenly from being loving to angry, regardless of the child's behavior.
when we have this barrier we must encourage them or ourselves that we have to have confidence and speak up this is because we must speak up in a setting or if we see something wrong then we have to tell someone. Lack of confidence is a hard barrier for someone to overcome so it’s vital they have support. We may have low self-esteem. When a person has low self-esteem they will feel down a lot of the time as they don’t think that they are good enough. They may think this because of their past or because they are being bullied.
I take her comments to heart as a personal attack that I’m either not feeding them enough or that I’m spoiling them too much. I feel it has a lot to do with my low self esteem on my part when it comes to being a parent or on any other topic that I feel insecure about. For others it can be that they are generally defensive all of the time and perceive negative judgments in anything said to them instead of on separate issues. Responding defensively happens when you have a bad perception of the person’s message; you perceived the person doesn’t like/ respect/ trust you and expresses it in their communication. (4) The downfall of responding defensively all of the time though may discourage others from being so honest with their remarks.