Growing old and lonely in different societies: Toward a comparative
... level of individualism, there are still many people who are willing to sacrifice at least some of their individual goals and desires for the sake of their families. There are impo~~t subcultural differences in this regard. Moreover, the diversity of alternative family forms is so great that the trad ...
... level of individualism, there are still many people who are willing to sacrifice at least some of their individual goals and desires for the sake of their families. There are impo~~t subcultural differences in this regard. Moreover, the diversity of alternative family forms is so great that the trad ...
Chapter 1 Introduction
... group norms – Japanese encourage high conformity to norms of a group that has the person's primary loyalty – German students in some experimental research showed a low tendency to conform – Moderate conformity among people in Hong Kong, Brazil, Lebanon, and the United States ...
... group norms – Japanese encourage high conformity to norms of a group that has the person's primary loyalty – German students in some experimental research showed a low tendency to conform – Moderate conformity among people in Hong Kong, Brazil, Lebanon, and the United States ...
Social influences on health and wellbeing
... People are social animals. We need and develop relationships with those around us, forming important emotional bonds with members of our families and with friends. The people we are close to, especially those we spend time with during infancy and childhood, are very influential in shaping our attitu ...
... People are social animals. We need and develop relationships with those around us, forming important emotional bonds with members of our families and with friends. The people we are close to, especially those we spend time with during infancy and childhood, are very influential in shaping our attitu ...
Self-esteem is a term used in psychology to reflect a person`s overall
... focus or concentrate in order to get something done (Levant, 2010). ...
... focus or concentrate in order to get something done (Levant, 2010). ...
Identity versus Role Confusion Stage
... – Temperament and personality play a role. – Parents who fail at early attempts to control bad behavior may worsen the behaviors – Delinquent adolescents may exhibit serious disturbances in thinking ...
... – Temperament and personality play a role. – Parents who fail at early attempts to control bad behavior may worsen the behaviors – Delinquent adolescents may exhibit serious disturbances in thinking ...
To Help or Not to Help? Factors that Determined Helping
... explanation of self-sacrificial helping is the study of specific personality characteristics that predispose a person to respond positively to the need for help. The focus of this approach is on altruistic personality, which presumes such attributes as altruistic disposition, other-oriented concern, ...
... explanation of self-sacrificial helping is the study of specific personality characteristics that predispose a person to respond positively to the need for help. The focus of this approach is on altruistic personality, which presumes such attributes as altruistic disposition, other-oriented concern, ...
Outcast-Leary - Psychological Sciences
... rejected to the extent that they connote a lower level of relational evaluation than the individual desires. Such actions sometimes involve explicit rejections, such as romantic break-ups, ostracism, and banishment, but even relatively unimportant actions, such as an unreturned phone call or a misse ...
... rejected to the extent that they connote a lower level of relational evaluation than the individual desires. Such actions sometimes involve explicit rejections, such as romantic break-ups, ostracism, and banishment, but even relatively unimportant actions, such as an unreturned phone call or a misse ...
CHAPTER 07 SELF
... (1979) notes that this is particularly prevalent during adolescence. Adolescents routinely try out different identities. They adopt the dress and mannerisms of various social types (e.g., the sophisticate; the rebel), and studiously note people’s reactions to these displays in an attempt to fashion ...
... (1979) notes that this is particularly prevalent during adolescence. Adolescents routinely try out different identities. They adopt the dress and mannerisms of various social types (e.g., the sophisticate; the rebel), and studiously note people’s reactions to these displays in an attempt to fashion ...
Social Psychological Evidence on Race and Racism
... From this perspective, the affirmative action debate is one about the place racial groups should occupy in American society. Consistent with realistic group conflict predictions, Bobo (1997) found that the more whites perceive that the advancement of blacks (in terms of employment and housing opport ...
... From this perspective, the affirmative action debate is one about the place racial groups should occupy in American society. Consistent with realistic group conflict predictions, Bobo (1997) found that the more whites perceive that the advancement of blacks (in terms of employment and housing opport ...
Effective Interventions for Treating Superficial Self Mutilators
... self-cut. “The interventions that have been found to be the most effective in symptom reduction generally involve a combination of behavioral therapies and medication” (Lukomski, 2004, p. 4). Adolescents who self-cut are often given medications to treat parallel symptoms of depression, anxiety, and ...
... self-cut. “The interventions that have been found to be the most effective in symptom reduction generally involve a combination of behavioral therapies and medication” (Lukomski, 2004, p. 4). Adolescents who self-cut are often given medications to treat parallel symptoms of depression, anxiety, and ...
Self-Concept and Interpersonal Communication
... handsome and a good writer. My self-esteem places more value on my writing skills than my physical personality as a positive aspect to which I belong. This entire process is a subconscious reflex that can cross into conscious awareness, but it's happening all the time throughout our lives. Self-conc ...
... handsome and a good writer. My self-esteem places more value on my writing skills than my physical personality as a positive aspect to which I belong. This entire process is a subconscious reflex that can cross into conscious awareness, but it's happening all the time throughout our lives. Self-conc ...
Prejudice - Ashton Southard
... Association is irrelevant to political movements such as fascism (as far as we know, anyway) It is only intense and insecure identification with some groups that matters Perhaps also the identification with some groups within a social hierarchy matters This orientation to patterns of social hi ...
... Association is irrelevant to political movements such as fascism (as far as we know, anyway) It is only intense and insecure identification with some groups that matters Perhaps also the identification with some groups within a social hierarchy matters This orientation to patterns of social hi ...
Group Processes - UR Scholarship Repository
... Turning to emotions, groups directly and indirectly influence members' affect and emotional adjustment. Members' feelings about themselves and their identities depend on inclusion in social groups that sustain their sense of satisfaction and well-being. Groups create affectively rich relationships b ...
... Turning to emotions, groups directly and indirectly influence members' affect and emotional adjustment. Members' feelings about themselves and their identities depend on inclusion in social groups that sustain their sense of satisfaction and well-being. Groups create affectively rich relationships b ...
Positivism and Suicide
... Durkheim is a classic positivist sociologist who used official statistics in his study of suicide from a positivist perspective. Durkheim wanted to study suicide so that he could prove our actions are influenced by wider social forces which we have no control over. The reason for Durkheim choosing s ...
... Durkheim is a classic positivist sociologist who used official statistics in his study of suicide from a positivist perspective. Durkheim wanted to study suicide so that he could prove our actions are influenced by wider social forces which we have no control over. The reason for Durkheim choosing s ...
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... The assumption underlying McGraw and Tetlock’s (2005) research is that relational frames affect value as a result of the activation of norms associated with relationships (Kahneman & Miller, 1986). These norms can affect exchanges because of the social identities that people would like to convey; pe ...
... The assumption underlying McGraw and Tetlock’s (2005) research is that relational frames affect value as a result of the activation of norms associated with relationships (Kahneman & Miller, 1986). These norms can affect exchanges because of the social identities that people would like to convey; pe ...
Social Image and Economic Behavior in the Field
... i cares about being perceived by group j as being of type h. If λij > 0, then i is a conformist; if λij < 0, then i is a contrarian, and if λij = 0, then i does not care about her image or what others think about her type. For any non-zero level of λij , individual i is subject to concerns about soc ...
... i cares about being perceived by group j as being of type h. If λij > 0, then i is a conformist; if λij < 0, then i is a contrarian, and if λij = 0, then i does not care about her image or what others think about her type. For any non-zero level of λij , individual i is subject to concerns about soc ...
Constructing Good Selves in Japan and North America
... Constructing Good Selves in Japan and North America Everyone has a self. That is, they have an integrated collection of beliefs about themselves, extending across time, that shapes their interpretations and reactions to particular situations and relationships with others. Likewise, I propose that e ...
... Constructing Good Selves in Japan and North America Everyone has a self. That is, they have an integrated collection of beliefs about themselves, extending across time, that shapes their interpretations and reactions to particular situations and relationships with others. Likewise, I propose that e ...
Social Work Practice With Individuals
... impetus to individualization and casework (1877). Preoccupation with social conditions external to the individual was characteristic of casework during the early part of the twentieth century. The thinking was that if the environment could not be changed, the individual should be removed from the en ...
... impetus to individualization and casework (1877). Preoccupation with social conditions external to the individual was characteristic of casework during the early part of the twentieth century. The thinking was that if the environment could not be changed, the individual should be removed from the en ...
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... of great interest to organizational psychologists for decades. In order to bridge these two literatures and make propositions regarding employees’ perceptions of CSR, it is necessary to outline what CSR and organizational justice have in common, and what findings within the justice literature can inf ...
... of great interest to organizational psychologists for decades. In order to bridge these two literatures and make propositions regarding employees’ perceptions of CSR, it is necessary to outline what CSR and organizational justice have in common, and what findings within the justice literature can inf ...
Pursuing Goals with Others - The University of Chicago Booth
... For example, to demonstrate the self–other overlap and inclusion of others in the self, Aron et al. (1991) measured how quickly people sort personal traits as “me” versus “not me.” Participants were quicker to sort traits that were either true or false for both themselves and their romantic partner ...
... For example, to demonstrate the self–other overlap and inclusion of others in the self, Aron et al. (1991) measured how quickly people sort personal traits as “me” versus “not me.” Participants were quicker to sort traits that were either true or false for both themselves and their romantic partner ...
Social Beings Core Motives in Social Psychology Third
... Diversity Both Challenges and Facilitates the Group 490 Joining a Group Occurs in Stages 491 Summary of Group Belonging 493 Socially Shared Cognition: Understanding Group Structure 493 All Norms Are Local 495 Roles Include Leadership and Much More 500 Subgroups: Minorities and Majorities 503 Summary ...
... Diversity Both Challenges and Facilitates the Group 490 Joining a Group Occurs in Stages 491 Summary of Group Belonging 493 Socially Shared Cognition: Understanding Group Structure 493 All Norms Are Local 495 Roles Include Leadership and Much More 500 Subgroups: Minorities and Majorities 503 Summary ...
Social Psychology
... We all have preconceived ideas about groups of people, called stereotypes, that influence our first impressions (Aronson, Wilson, & Akert, 2004). Stereotypes are sets of beliefs about the characteristics, attributes, and behaviors of members of a particular group or category. For example, we might h ...
... We all have preconceived ideas about groups of people, called stereotypes, that influence our first impressions (Aronson, Wilson, & Akert, 2004). Stereotypes are sets of beliefs about the characteristics, attributes, and behaviors of members of a particular group or category. For example, we might h ...
Social Psychology
... Social psychology examines how people affect one another, and it looks at the power of the situation. Social psychologists assert that an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are very much influenced by social situations. Essentially, people will change their behavior to align with the soc ...
... Social psychology examines how people affect one another, and it looks at the power of the situation. Social psychologists assert that an individual’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are very much influenced by social situations. Essentially, people will change their behavior to align with the soc ...
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... Biological researchers are interested in the relationship between genetic factors and human behaviors. Specifically, they investigated which genes in human body are related to suicidal behaviors and how these human genes can vary. And they asked whether it is possible to determine who will be geneti ...
... Biological researchers are interested in the relationship between genetic factors and human behaviors. Specifically, they investigated which genes in human body are related to suicidal behaviors and how these human genes can vary. And they asked whether it is possible to determine who will be geneti ...
