“A Doll’s House” Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the significance of idealism and truth in an individual’s life. Our beliefs and values help shape our identity and how we approach issues. Some of those beliefs and values are a reflection of societal expectations and sometimes they are a complete rejection of those values. The people around us, events, and how we were raised can help shape our identity. This can help determine some of our beliefs whether they are a form of idealism or the truth.
Social learning theory comes from the idea that human beings ability to learn new behaviours by the way we see that certain individual perform that behaviour. For example if a teenager saw a fellow friend act in a certain manner of way then he/she is most likely to copy that behaviour. Gender, statues, fame, prestige, competence are all different factors that can make us imitate another person. Solomon Asch (1950) came up with a concept called the “majority influences. The people that we get inspired by are called role models.
Children tend to role play themselves through play playing schools and playing the role of teachers, playing mums and dads, etc so this proves that the way in which adults behave has a strong impact on how children look up to adults as role models. Having strong role models gives children security throughout their life. Teachers as role models help the child learn about rules,
Those influential models include parents within the family, TV characters/commercials , friends, and school teachers which provide examples of behavior. By paying close attention to those models, children tend to encode their attitude and develop their behavioral habits . When a child copies a model’s behavior and the consequences are rewarding, it is believed that the child is likely to continue performing that behavior (McLeod, 2011). For this reason, parents with children were selected for this education session as they play a significant role in helping their children to make a positive behavioral change in learning it for themselves
2. Identify professional disciplines that influence human services. Professional disciplines that influence Human Services are sociology, psychology, and anthropology (Woodside & McClam, 2012, p. 11). Sociology is the assessment of an individual and the broader culture and tries to account for while understanding the differences within human culture. It also helps the professionals understand what affects the living, such as family structure and roles.
Another aspect the theory focuses on is positive and negative reinforcement. Skinner investigated negative and positive reinforcement and how it influenced the behaviour of an individual to do a certain thing. Social Learning - The second theory is the social learning theory. This theory is based on how we learn from a social setting, that we are influenced by the people around us e.g: our peers, family, friends, siblings etc. Bandura believes that every individual has a desire to fit in and be accepted; the individual will change their behaviour, beliefs and views publicly in order to fit the norms of a particular group, although privately, they are unchanged.
Nikhita Sagar AS Psychology Miss Mahmoud “Describe and evaluate explanations of conformity” 12 marks Normative social influence is the need to be liked and accepted by others in the group. Other people are usually looked to in a group to identify behavior that leads to group acceptance – this may result in the person publicly changing their behavior/views but privately disagreeing/having their own opinions. This is because humans are social creatures and have a fundamental need for social companionship and a fear of rejection. The majority may also control other group members by making it difficult to deviate from majority point of view, therefore exerting pressure on them to conform. This type of social influence is also known as compliance and has been demonstrated in research by Asch, where participants clearly felt uncomfortable deviating from the majority position.
According to social exchange theory, people make these decisions based on their individual satisfaction level within the relationship. Social exchange theory could helpful in life which help human beings determining their individuals’ values and priorities in the group or society. When a person becomes knowledgeable of this theory, he or she can work towards having more balanced relationships. This knowledge can also provide awareness of what one’s own costs are to other people. Then, this theory could help to explain many family issues, such as a failed marriage.
Social identitiy theory proposes that people belonging to a group can increase their pride and self esteem, as the group gives a sense of belonging. A group provides rules and norms to each the whole group obey to, these rules are internalized and we use them to regulate our behaviour. The theory states that in group will discriminate against outer group to make them feel better and to enhance their self image. This theory was proposed by John Turner and Henri Taijef in 1979, they stated that there are three mental processes involved in evaluating others as ‘us’ or ‘them.’ These three mental processes are; social categorization, social identification and social
Myers (2010) provides an example as to how behavior is shaped by social influences making humans social creatures, “We speak and think in words we learned from others (Social psychology, p. 7). At times social environments or situations manipulate behaviors contrary to emotions, overpowering feelings and allowing the situation to guide behaviors. Another ideas of social psychology is that personal attitudes and depositions shape behavior, this describes the belief that inner attitudes and personalities