How Situational Influences Can Affect People 's Perception, Their Behaviors And Their Way Of Living Their Lives

1. The researcher in this experiment was psychologist, Stanley Milgram. The study took place at Yale University in the year 1963. The researcher’s hypothesis was that if there is a demanding authoritive figure, then the other person will obey that authoritive figure just because of their position, even if it violates their morality and their ethical beliefs. He based this of his theory that people who would never hurt someone purposely, would if told to do so by a figure of authority.

First, he points out the issue on how inner-city schools are still failing because they are lousy schools that use the same approach each year and still no improvement. Furthermore, science says that students lose ground in the summer, which causes them to lose what they learned the previous school year. Although, science has proven this to be true businesses to use science to better inner-city schools education. In addition to, inner schools failing and losing what they learned poor people are not aware of how critical and important the first three years of brain development. However, wealthy people and educated people are aware of the role of language, stimulus, and response. This causes those who are educated and wealthy children to have an advantage over poor

In social psychology, social influence is a process where someone’s beliefs, thoughts and behaviour change by being exposed to beliefs, thoughts and opinions of others. It manifests in several forms, such as obedience, compliance and conformity. All these types of social influence have been studied by numerous researchers who investigated the reasons why people conform to social norms and obey to authorities, such as Milgram’s classic studies on obedience. His experiments support the popular idea of ‘banality of evil’ –Hannah Arendt (1963)’s famous phrase referring to the capability to accomplish dreadful things out of banal reasons–, revealing that people conform submissively and thoughtlessly to the orders that authorities deliver, no

David H. Jackson is a college professor who was writing a research paper for a research seminar course. His

psychology text and did not really understand it. Another point that was being stated was that

While perusing online journals for information that relates to my research question, “does the socioeconomic status of students affect their chances of success in Catholic school?”, I came across both studies and reviews that helped me gain a better understanding of the topic by addressing different aspects of the question. The pieces of literature I chose to focus on included research on the connection between socioeconomic status and child development, the different states of emotional health in students from extreme opposite classes, and the achievements of low SES African American students in a Catholic school. Through the disciplines of child development, sociology of education, and most importantly, socioeconomics, I will eventually be

Jensen states that seven differences between middle-class and low-income students show up at school and by understanding those differences and how to address them, teachers can help mitigate some of the negative effects of poverty. This is a good source to validate my research because if someone is able to understand the differences between middle and lower class and the barriers that each face then each student will be on equal ground. One of Jensen’s differences was the effort that middle and lower class students apply while doing coursework. Jensen states

Baumrind declares that Milgram’s experiments are unethical because of the possible harm that the teachers are exposed to during the teaching. In an article, published on Yahoo’s Associated Content, the author writes that because of Milgram lying to the subjects about what type of experiment they were participating in was the main reason of unethical interpretations (Associated Content). This reason is in agreement to Baumrind’s beliefs when she writes of the manipulation and embarrassment subjects are beginning to encounter when experiments are taking place. She cites the Ethical Standards of Psychologists, using this to present the standards that Milgram possibly overstepped while conducting the experiments. However when reading the the opening line, “Only when a problem is significant ...

However, as an African American mother, I am inclined to view the author's, Dixon-Román, Everson, & McArdle, research through skeptical lenses. I believe that data from a more affluent Black community high school with exemplary college educated parents and documented high achieving Black students could substantiate a superior ethnic race and high SAT performance test scores. I believe additional data is needed to prove or disprove the effects of poverty on people in general. Many variables influence poverty. Granted lack of education does play a significant role. However, family dynamics, health care, food, shelter, parental unemployment and learning disabilities are elements lacking in the equation. I feel this studies findings are inconclusive and show limitations on behalf of the researchers. I disagree with the writer's ideas and believe the articles only acclaim to fame is to legitimize derogatory stereotypes as they pertain to people of

African American kids are likely to attend schools high-poverty schools because of race and income. In a study that was performed, there

In the article “From Social Class and The Hidden Curriculum of Work” written by Jean Anyon, the author shows education that affected by different social class. Anyon talked about how teacher interact with student in elementary school with varying level of household-income-status. The author attempts to find evidence and proof of the different in method of teaching in schools in poor areas compares to those in wealthy areas. Anyon compare grade five classrooms from five different schools in New Jersey. Anyon used many methods to collect her data. The school of working class families, 15 percent of the families are at below federal poverty line and most of the parents have blue-collar jobs. The middle class school, included students with parents

The pornification (or alternatively pornographication) of the social world has created lasting effects in the lives of people that they must deal with every day (Dines 1998, p. 164). Pornification is the process by which the social and cultural world is sexualised. This occurs through the expansion of media technology and the pornography industry, as well as changes in media regulations and restrictions which allow pornographic imagery to intrude into public spaces (Tyler 2011, p. 79). This essay will offer explanations for why the pornification of the social world is occurring, how the phenomenon differs from a freedom of expression issue and is instead considered a sociological issue, what consequences and harm arise from these explanations, and will offer social measures that can be adopted in order to deal with the issue. Pornification has occurred in almost every realm of the social world, including in its unaltered form on the Internet, social media, marketing, advertising, music, fashion, sport, and art. However, this expansion of easily accessible pornified content is a stark and confronting challenge for our social world.

Informational Influence and Normative Influence are both categorized under conformity in sociology. Informational is basically when we conform to others behavior because we believe it provides information about reality. It is often when we care about getting the right answer and trying to be rational. It also deals with the "Maybe they know something I don't know" phenomenon. An example, could be choosing to eat at a busier restaurant opposed to the empty one, or imitating the locals when outside your country. In contrast, Normative Influence is when we conform to others behavior because they expect us to. This is when we believe conforming may have positive consequences, such as approval or the enhancement of our reputation, or when we believe not conforming may have negative consequences, such as disapproval or punishment. An example of Normative Influence is laughing at a joke you don't get, or agreeing with an opinion you believe in others.

When I take the time to reflect on what social forces have impacted my life a lot comes to mind. I was born and raised in San Jose, California which is a very multicultural area with people of all ethnic backgrounds. There was a specific juncture in my life that impacted me at a very young age. When I was about 7 or 8 years old my mom took my friend Zac and I to Burger King. While we were sitting there eating and just talking about typical things a 7 or 8 year old would talk about an elderly caucasian male approached us. Now looking back on the situation it was apparent that he was either drunk or under the influence of something. He then proceeded to start throwing racial slurs at me, and started questioning us. In his words “ why a white would be friends with a black “ in a belligerent manner. He continued, so mom called the cops and he was arrested for public intoxication. At the time I was baffled as to why he would say such things, especially to a child. I now realize in his socialization period it was a social constraint for caucasians to be friends with a minority or even sit next to or converse with one. Its unfortunate that people still haven 't come to accept social change, but more importantly I was aware of how prejudice some people are at a very young age due to this instance. Social facts are aspects of social life that shape our actions as individuals (Giddens, 2014, pg. 11). Being a victim of discrimination, seeing my mom and grandparents succeed, and

“Social influence is the process by which the actions of an individual or group affect the behavior of others” (Feldman 495). These influences are strongly experienced by members in the group. Every group is unique and is mostly guided by a particular norm and behavior. An individual in a group passively or actively allows himself to be influenced by the group just to have a sense of belongingness. In the bid to prevent being excluded or rejected from a group, some individuals overtly adhere to the norms of the group. “Thus, people conform to meet the expectations of the group” (Feldman 495).