Social Psychology Essays

There was an environmental crisis on December 31st, 2011. Upon my arrival at the location of a tornado that struck my workplace in Missouri, I discovered that the majority of those affected had already been evacuated and were not permitted to come back. The people that I did provide aid to were traumatized and needed […]

Swinging, differently referred to as ‘wife swapping’, co-marital sex or recently, swinging lifestyle in North America, is a subculture or alternative lifestyle that has become increasingly popular among mainstream, middle-aged, married couples in North America and parts of Europe ( Bergstran and Williams, 2000; Walshok, 1971; Jenks, 1985a). According to Bergstran and Williams (2000) and […]

Super’s Life Span, Life Space model of career development has five stages – Growth, Exploration, Establishment, Maintenance, and Disengagement. According to this theory, in his career, a person develops interests, skills, and values in his childhood; he then explores work opportunities available to himself and tries out various options; next he chooses one of these […]

Two important traits that make an effective leader are his level of emotional competence and the effectiveness of his negotiation skills. Based on the assessment exercises, I was able to identify my strengths and weaknesses and use the results in developing ways on how to maintain my strong points and improve my weak points.Emotional Competence […]

Various challenges and obstacles exist for young teens in today’s high schools. Bullying and gang membership are amongst the elements that must be seriously explored and addressed in the school setting, as they impact what occurs on and off school property. In the movie, “Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story,” a young grade nine boy, Jonathan, […]

Everyday, everywhere we go, in everything we do, we see, hear, and use communication. The movies is no exception. In watching the movie Rainman I observed many different types of communication both effective and ineffective. The main character of the movie, Charlie, begins the movie as a very stubborn and selfish man who does not […]

Capitalism: the continual encouragement of wants and desires. This definition utterly epitomises the mental psyche of our unwilling protagonist, Willy Loman. Thrust into a constant strive for materialistic and unnecessary items; so typical of an individual embroiled within the prevailing consumerist attitudes of American society.Miller skilfully manipulates the character of Willy Loman into the embodiment […]

In the opening chapters of “Spies”, I believe that Frayn wished to present the young Stephen so that he would, as a character, evoke various different feelings and opinions from his readers. As a result, there appear to be a range of different emotions that a reader could have towards Stephen; from pitying him to […]

Group dynamics refers to both the examination of groups and the overall concept of group processes. Within the realms of psychology, sociology, and communication studies, a group refers to a collection of two or more individuals who share social connections. [1] These social relationships foster a range of dynamic processes that set groups apart from […]

Introduction What is a team? A team is “a number of persons associated together in work or activity. ” (G. & C. Merriam Co. , 1975, p.1196). This definition of a team hasn’t changed since 1975. What has changes in the last 30 plus years is the concept of what makes a team successful. “A […]

Deviance in Social Psychology Deviance is a major issue needing further exploration in social psychology in reference to its relationship to symbolic interaction and shared meaning. Deviance is defined as behavior that violates the rules of a group- the shared generalized other. Since social organizations create shared meaning of appropriate conduct by originating norms, behavior […]

There is no single definition for organizational culture. The topic has been studied from a variety of perspectives ranging from disciplines such as anthropology and sociology, to the applied disciplines of organizational behaviour, management science, and organizational communication. Some of the definitions are listed below: A set of common understandings around which action is organized; […]

Abstract Ageism is a social disease that stereotypes the older people with the younger, or sometimes preference with the younger. Television and media has a responsibility in shaping this thought. This paper will explain how beauty is perceived as a factor for ageism, as well as gender discrimination. Two senior citizens were interviewed on what […]

Six Ways to Improve Your Nonverbal Communications By Vicki Ritts, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley and James R. Stein, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. It is not only what you say in the classroom that is important, but it’s how you say it that can make the difference to students. Nonverbal messages are an […]

Reaction Paper #1 The “Big Five” Personality Traits Throughout our lives, we, as humans, encounter others that we may either have an immediate connection with, must discover more about the individual to determine the relevant connection, or simply, we just cannot manage to maintain a cordial relationship. What determines whether or not we can get […]

The purpose of this essay is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of group decision making which may perhaps lead to an improvement in organisational decision making. In order for an organisation to exist there must be a collection of people trying to achieve the same purpose. Several issues arise when a group comes together […]

There are many influences on the developing child which originate from the outside the immediate family structure (Murray, 1985). One of these influences is television. Since the 1960’s there has been much debate focusing on the impact of violence on television on the aggressive behaviour in children. It will be shown in this essay that […]

EFFECTS OF WATCHING TOO MUCH TV  Discoveries and invention of devices are always welcome till we, humans, find a way to abuse its benefits and be adversely affected by it. This was the case when Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-ray and within five years, the British Army was using a mobile x-ray unit to locate bullets […]

Hofstede Geert Hofstede’s five cultural dimensions are individualistic vs. collectivism, power distance, quality of life vs. quantity of life, uncertainty avoidance and time orientation. Power Distance The term of power distance in the Hofstede’s framework means measurement of power in an institution and organization being distributed where the society able to accept (Bergman et al. […]

Communication is without a doubt one of the most crucial elements when it comes to team dynamics. The success or failure of a team is highly dependent on its communication efficiency. Newson (2006) highlights the negative impact of ineffective communication on team morale. Therefore, every team member has a responsibility to promote effective communication in […]

In The Perils of Obedience, Stanley Milgram expresses his findings of an experiment he conducted trying to prove the lengths people will go to be obedient to authority. The first experiments included a group of undergraduates from Yale. The experiments involved three subjects: the experimenter, the “teacher” and the “learner”. The teacher would read off […]

Culture, which is the language, beliefs, values, norms, and behaviors, is around us everyday, all the time. To understand culture, social facts are necessary to know. Social facts are patterns of behavior that characterize a social group, which includes values, norms, and sanctions. In the movie, 12 Angry Men, the jury as a group is […]