https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun Chapters 7-12 en-us 2023-05-24 00:54:42 UTC 2023-05-24 06:06:06 UTC hello@padlet.com michellesosa5 https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602428495 Conformity is the change in beliefs, opinions, or behaviors as a result of our perceptions about what other people believe or do. It happens in various ways but the one I think is very interesting is Passive Conformity because we can follow others' behavior without even realizing it. An example of passive conformity is mimicry as I have sometimes caught myself doing the same things someone else was doing while we were having a conversation( 7.1 The Many Varieties of Conformity). I liked this image because it gives some ideas on how to stop conforming to situations even though it might feel uncomfortable going against the social current and doing something no else is probably doing. 

Source: https://mindtools.substack.com/p/conformity-why-we-do-it-and-how-to]]> 2023-05-24 01:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602428495 michellesosa5 https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602728903 Commitment refers to the feelings and actions that keep partners working together to maintain the relationship. Being committed in a relationship usually means that the relationship will last longer but it also means the breakup will be more hurtful (8.2  Close Relationships: Liking and Loving Over the Long Term ). Because of this, many people tend to be afraid of commitment, as this Forbes article explains, because people do not want to be hurt. 

Source: https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/commitment-issues/

]]> 2023-05-24 04:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602728903 michellesosa5 https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602739363 Diffusion of responsibility occurs when we assume that others will take action and therefore we do not take action ourselves (9.3  How the Social Context Influences Helping). This is very common to happen because we always think someone else will have the time to go out of their way and help. This image clearly describes that one of the people passing by thinks they have to get to work so they use that as an excuse to not help. 

Source: https://passionateinknowledge.com/general/the-bystander-effect-diffusion-of-responsibility/]]> 2023-05-24 05:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602739363 michellesosa5 https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602758728 Desensitization is the tendency to become used to, and thus less influenced by a stimulus. We can see this as we become more used to seeing violence in the media (10.3 The Violence Around Us: How the Social Situation Influences Aggression). Take video games as an example. Many studies show that children who play a lot of video games can have fewer negative emotional responses to them. As this meme shows, the child can even become more aggressive as he sees it happen so often in the video game. 

Source: https://omscroll.com/2019/05/28/are-you-desensitized-to-violence/]]> 2023-05-24 05:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602758728 michellesosa5 https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602771477 Social Categorization is the natural cognitive process by which we place individuals into social groups and is the start of stereotyping and prejudice (12.1 Social categorizations and Stereotyping). This is evident in this clip from the movie Mean Girls where they show the different social groups that sit in the cafeteria and have stereotypical names for each group such as Asian Nerds, Burnouts, or Unfriendly Black Hotties. 

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc48kYcosmY]]> 2023-05-24 05:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602771477 michellesosa5 https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602807862 Social Loafing is a group process loss when people in a group do not work as hard as they would alone (11.2 Group Process: The Pluses and Minuses of Working Together). Various examples are tug-of-war, group projects, or when an entertainer asks an audience to scream. This clip from the office shows various examples of ways people fall into social loafing such as procrastination, not participating in a group discussion, or spending time putting office supplies in jello instead of working.

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62dwFYmBzvQ]]> 2023-05-24 06:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/michellesosa5/bg8dyou680dbpnun/wish/2602807862