Social Psychology Essays

Navigating the Challenges of Blended Families Summary A blended family not only creates a larger family, it also creates much chaos. It oftentimes seems as if the workload almost doubles for single parents when they decide to combine families through marriage. Almost seventy-five percent of the 1.2 million Americans who divorce each year will eventually […]

How interracial Marriage Affects Children What do you think that your reactions would be if your sibling or friend introduced their spouse, who happened to be from another race? Would you be taken aback? Would you never accept the situation? If that would be the case, it is the time to face the reality. These […]

Deinviduation and Attraction in Fight Club Fight Club is a complex movie in that the two main characters are just two sides of the same person. Edward Norton’s character is the prototypical conformist consumer working a morally questionable office job to feed his obsession with material possessions. He works as a recall coordinator for a […]

Synergistic decision making, or SDM, is a model of decision making consisting of two aspects: problem solving and interpersonal relations. One of the basic aspects of SDM is that group members need to delay their decision making until all ideas have been evaluated. Group members should not try to debate the merits of an idea […]

Abstract This essay examines the question of whether managerial work, roles, and skills are same throughout the world. Academic journals and textbooks are used in this essay to provide some evidences and examples to support the conclusion. The academic journals and textbooks were obtained from Monash University’s library. Conclusion of this essay indicates that organizational […]

The term groupthink originated in 1952 in Fortune magazine by the author William Whyte. The theory, however, was not researched or clearly defined until around 1972 by Irving Janis. Whyte acknowledged that groupthink was a definition in progress; Janis picked up and further developed the study many years later. Groupthink is defined as a group’s […]

At the University of Selkirk, Affirmative Action and the Portrait of a Canadian Advisor #1 reveal Perceptual Biases. The business department held a bias towards the work of the AAC because it was predominantly composed of males (85%). Conversely, AAC members, who consisted mainly of female faculty members and librarians, believed that academic facilities were […]

In recent years the concept of Leader-Member Exchange theory has gained greater prominence in the field of contemporary management practices. Using evidence from management research consider the extent to which LMX theory may be useful when applied to the role of the Manager of the Student Center. Although Leader-member exchange (LMX) has its limitations, when […]

Humility Action Plan To become more humble is an important goal in my life. Mainly because I am a Christian and this is a highly valued trait. Applying the twelve factors is definitely going to help me to achieve this goal. Starting with admitting bias is a great way. I have learned to value the […]

Leadership Analysis: Dead Poet’s Society Leadership is defined as the ability to guide, direct or influence people, but it is much more than that. There are many ways to merely guide or direct. A leader is someone whose personality helps them to guide a group of people in a direction they believe is desirable. People […]

Abstract The intent of this paper is to discuss some of the current research and opinion concerning, and to compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of, one of the more common theories of motivation, the Equity theory. In addition, this paper will compare and contrast the Equity theory with another popular theory of motivation: […]

(Response to essay: “The Virtues of Growing Older” by Carol Siskin (The Longman Reader p. 343-347)] There Are Plusses to Aging In her essay, “The Virtues of Growing Older,” Carol Siskin analyzes the downside of being young, and the plusses of being old. Using examples from her own experiences, she compares and contrasts these two […]

Visualizing Iran It is debatable that most people of western societies especially here in the U. S share a common perspective about the country of Iran having a reputation for terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism. In the media today, Iran is accused of having nuclear weapons and various politicians have made references to its contribution to […]

In summary, Erik Erickson’s developmental stages outline the appropriate social progress for each age group. These eight stages include hope, willpower and determination, competence, commitment, love, care, and wisdom. The following text presents an overview of my current psychosocial development stage, which is based on Erik Erikson’s theory that encompasses eight stages from birth to […]

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“Ocean’s Eleven” Path-goal Theory In “Ocean’s Eleven” Steven Soderbergh did a great job as a director in keeping the audience interested throughout the whole movie time. Path-goal theory of leader effectiveness can be easily applied to the movie. The path-goal theory by Robert House holds that the leader can affect group’s performance, satisfaction and motivation […]

Introduction Personal growth and development as a group participant McDermott (2002) suggests that groups are defined by consisting of at least two persons, that share space and share a purpose. The interactions taking place amongst members may be important in the development of common goals, norms and roles, and some sense of belonging. Within the […]

Introduction The report will concentrate on my assessment of successful and effective leadership through personal observation and also through an interview of an individual that I believe is successful and effective as a leader. The results will be considered and discussed with an emphasis on my perceptions of the leader’s leadership style, values and behaviours […]

Situational Leadership in Hospitality If one look at the nature of the hospitality industry, it is serviced-base, it is labor-intensive, it is renowned for its high staff turnover and labor diversity in term of age, culture, and background; one may conclude that the industry is all about people. When people become the most valuable asset […]

1. Discuss how this case illustrates the contrasts between the administrative use and developmental use of appraisals. Using the developmental plan, managers were trained to hold regular meetings with their employees, focusing on a new “performance partnership”, at which time the manager and the employee would review performance goals and expectations. With the administrative use […]

Facing a Difficult Situation At the young age of 23, Jim Davis has a promising career at Hereford National Bank. In three months, he has been promoted to Business Development Manager, tasked with developing a new strategy for the bank. His first big initiative of selling bank services through branch managers is at risk due […]

Everyone is raised within a culture with a set of customs and morals handed down by those generations before them. Most individual’s view and experience identity in different ways. During history, different ethnic groups have struggled with finding their place within society. In the mid-nineteen hundreds, African Americans faced a great deal of political and […]