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psyqqqs.rtf1.Say you were a social psychologist and got ahold of this example. What happens when a mayor is placed on a jury? Put on your best social psychologist hat. What concepts have you learned that would lead you to argue that a mayor on the jury DID influence the proceedings? What about an argument against?
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/08/nyregion/mayor-is-praised-as-just-another-juror.html
2.Today, many people conform to what others belief is right and the influences are quite irresistible (Rostila, 2013). According to Rostila (2013), conformity and compliance are believed to be driving forces of the human social life. For instance; most people tend to follow the rule of majority and as a result, they end up complying with a beliefs of a certain groups. These behavioral aspects might have significant impact during a jury deliberation. People are known to follow the majority and therefore; end up complying with what the majority rule out to be significant. Based on this fact, it is evident that conformity and compliance are likely going to be most significant during a jury deliberation. This justification can be supported by human cognitive socio-psychological understanding which articulates that, the environment influences the human behavior and decision cognitively. Two is perceived to be better than one and therefore; many people would be swayed to believe that the majority decision is right hence; notwithstanding the fact that they have their own judgment.
Rostila, M. (2013). Social capital and health inequality in European welfare states. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
Q2. So generally, is it positive or negative that humans, who naturally do live in groups, follow group norms, decisions, and standards?
3.In Chapter 14 of the textbook, the authors describe several models of social support: the number of social contacts model, the intimacy model, and the perceived availability model. These models seem to share the assumption that contact with other people is likely to be beneficial. But we can all probably think of instances in which some of our social contact, or some of our helpers, or even people we are intimate with, end up causing us more stress when they try to help us. How can social support in some instances be a detriment to health? When might social support have this paradoxical effect? What would you do to cope or reduce stress in those instances?
Social support encourages diversity which is good for every human being, however; it may be detrimental to our health. For instance; social influences are believed to be major causes of most societal disorders. There are instances whereby; they have absolute health impact on a person. A good example is when a person becomes so mush glued to group decisions that they cannot make a judgment on their own. Such people end up being influenced to irresponsible behavioral conducts.
Everyone wants to be part of a society or a group (Giles, Harwood & Reid, 2010). These traits might influence this paradoxical effect when a person has been dejected from the society. Teenagers are known to be most vulnerable to groups because they think they have been rejected by their own families. In such situations, I would reduce these stresses by seeking advice and getting a mentor who would guide me through such hard times instead of engaging in irresponsible behaviors.
Giles, H., Harwood, J., & Reid, S. (2010). The dynamics of intergroup communication. New York, NY: Lang.
3.Now that is a good example. Teens! In our society, teens seem to have a particularly hard time determining where they fit in their families and in society as a whole. Why might that be class? Is it the developmental level of the teens (in other words, all teens just go through that) or is it something about the level of suppor they need versus the level of support that they get?
