M3. Explain why conformity and obedience are important in the public services, with reference to research studies. Conformity and obedience are forms of social influence which strongly affect our behaviour is social situations, from following fashions and unwritten social norms which organise our behaviour, to committing immoral acts because we are commanded to by someone who appears to be in a position of authority. This essay looks at the similarities and differences between the three, looking specifically at the factors that influence each two. Conformity within a group entails members changing their attitudes and beliefs in order to match those of others within the group.
Social roles relate to how people are expected to behave in a particular role or context. Social norms involve society's rules for what behaviors are considered appropriate. I am writing this paper to fill an assignment for this course. The paper will be on when our behavior affects our attitude. I. I will describe the meaning of attitude and behaviors.
Persuasion is known as an attempt that is deliberately made to change beliefs or attitudes through arguments and information. Conformity is known as a person’s
Susan Scholz Both have important similarities and differences exist in Piagets and Vygetski’s descriptions of cognitive development. Both are widely accepted ideas that learners’ are actively constructing knowledge for themselves. Piaget thought that children learn primarily on their own and Vygetski thought knowledge was first socially constructed and then internalized by the individual. They both view social interaction important but differ on the role it plays with a learner. Piaget’s idea of social interaction is a mechanism for disrupting equilibrium, and as individuals must adapt their schemes though accommodation and assimilation then cognitive development happens.
Social psychologist observe human behavior and significance of influence by outside sources such as people, society, environment, and culture. Social psychologist focus on facts that underline human behavior in social settings and how individuals’ conduct him or herself under various conditions, thus, leading to behavior, actions, and feelings. According to Mcleod (2007), “Topics examined in social psychology include: the self-concept, social cognition, attribution theory, social influence, group processes, prejudice and discrimination, interpersonal processes, aggression, attitudes and stereotypes” (para. 3). Social Psychology
Differential association “Sutherland introduced the concept of differential association, which he developed into a theory to explain the process by which an individual engages in criminal behaviour” (http://www.oup.com/ us/pdf/reid/Reid_ Chapter6.pdf) which is the first of Akers key elements is differential association. This refers to ones exposure to, and interactions with, others. The impact of this exposure may vary according to the rate of recurrence, how long the exposure and the intensity of this exposure, to others. Definitions The second of Akers key elements is definitions. This element refers to attitudes or level of approval individuals hold regarding morals and laws in general as well as specific deviant behaviours.
They suggest norms and values are flexible guidelines. We apply meanings to social behaviour and are aware of how others see that behaviour and how we should act in a given situation. ----------------------- Social action theory Phenomenology Symbolic interactionism Ethnomethodology Structuration theory Weber Blumer Meaning Goffman Cooley Mead Schutz Garfinkel Giddens Structural and action approaches are both important to fully understand human behaviour. To get a full sociological explanation involves two levels: The level of cause and the level of meaning. (E.g.
Armed with this information, this paper hopes to bring awareness to how we process information through reasoning, use of heuristics or rule of thumb, biases, counterfactual thinking, and how negativity bias tends to be the norm for all social interaction whether business or personal as it deals with our lives. As unpleasant as it is for humans to admit, that our understanding and how we deal with other people and most important, our perception of the individual(s) mostly derives from biases and other tainted information. In deciding which information is relevant and entering the information into memory,
ASSUMPTIONS OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY 1. People can learn by observing others. Learners can acquire new behaviors and knowledge by simply observing a model. A model is a person
Social cognition is concerned with the storage, processing, and application of social information. This branch is closely related to cognitive psychology because these researches are is full of schemas; which is our general ideas about the world, things in it, how things work, and how things are. Schemas are a wonderful thing because their shortcuts in one’s own mind that allows you to continue with your day rather than stopping to interpret everything around. Naturally schemas will develop associations between related schemas which eventually affect social behavior. Attitudes and attitude changes are a major study because of the components of attitudes like how they develop and their changes.