How Social Influences Have On Participants

Conformity is a concept that has been heavily researched in the field of social psychology. Conformity is defined as a change in behavior, beliefs, and attitudes due to group pressure perceived as real (encompassing the presence of others) or imagined (encompassing the pressure of social standards) (Myers, 2010, p. 192). The concept of conformity is a powerful influence on the tendency for people to arrange their thoughts, perspectives, and ideas with others, especially when in a group. This takes away from a person’s individuality because they want to feel accepted by others and therefore, a person will accomplish this basic need of approval through conforming.

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

Influence is something that most human beings have been affected by. The way one’s parents behave might affect how the child behaves. Social influence is the thought of acceptance, and the human behavior of how one follows everything that others do just to be accepted, and most times the effect of rejection can be harmful.

Education and money are the top two social determinants in the United States (Burke, 2014). In Poland, regarding tobacco use, culture, post communism reaction, etc., are the social determinants (WHO, 2017). When there is scarcity of resources, and low levels of education and money, quite often the response is to react in ways that are harmful to one’s health. For example, if one should lose their job, and low education and income are present, as well as scarcity of resources, such as a support system or even hope that another job will come along, then an individual might smoke and drink more, not pay attention to their diet, and exercise less. According to Burke (2014), the event of poverty burdens the brain, such that rational decisions are less likely to be made. Hence, more tobacco use, and even the purchasing of lottery tickets. Another example of this, is the upward

How severe is hearing loss among this group of participating farmers (both control and intervention farmers)?

In todays society, you can not turn on the tv or radio without hearing some type of denigrating remark. Unfortunately its the cause of all the social norms. Our nation has been brainwashed by so many factors. Such as tv, radio, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. This topic reminds me a lot of a section in my psycology class “Behavior in Social and Cultural Context”. It talks about attributions within social influences, behavior, ethnic identity, and stereotypes. Which could not fit anymore perfectly with what is going on in the world today, and this topic.

Why am I reading this for sports marketing? I thought this class was going to be about marketing and not a review of my psychology class. That question and answer is what I originally thought of when I began reading Influence: Science and Practice by Robert B. Cialdini. In my critique I will delineate the reasons why my first impression of the book changed, my evaluation of the positives and negatives of Cialdini's writing, and how the book personally affected me.

When the child is at the ages of seven to eight years of age this is where they are expected to be socially developed. They should be able to wash themselves, dress themselves, independently go to the toilet and should also be able to make informed choices on who their friendship with and should have already bonded with their friends. As a child grows they develop and understanding for the world around them. They understand how to socialise effectively with the people around them. They also understand the emotional wellbeing of others and are aware of it and due to this it enables them to create and also hold a rapport with other individuals.

Individual became upset and argumentative with his peers using negative names to agitate his peers, argue with peers, and scream at a student during group activity. Individual also became argumentative with one of the group members and called him stupid and big head.

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.

As described in the book, Situational Influences are things unique to a time or place that can affect consumer’s decision making and the value received from consumption. So take for example a person walking down a festival and some food stands are nearby selling their delicacies, normally an individual would want to try it out at that time and place compared to when the same person is walking down a city street and sees the same stand. The value of the festival is given to the products there and makes it more valuable and appetizing for consumers.

Peer influence is more than pressuring another student to do something risky. The study by Talbott et al supports the claim of the strength of one’s peers to influence drinking behaviors. This study goes into more depth than Stappenbeck et al’s analysis of socialization and selection by dissecting indirect peer influences and focusing on injunctive norms, which, “were a significant predictor of drinking” (60). Injunctive norms are peers approval of a given topic, in this case underage (illegal) alcohol use. If a subject believes their peers have a positive view of drinking and that their peers are heavy drinkers then they too become heavier drinkers to be in line with those norms. In college, students are in an environment in which their peers

In respect to the child participants, 88 were boys and 69 were girls (Crowe et al., 2014). These participants ranged in age from three to 9 years old and had a hearing loss that ranged from mild to profound. One important characteristic of this sample was that about a quarter of them had a concomitant disability.

“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).

When studying social psychology, it is essential for one to understand social groups, how they work, and how relationships with others can influence an individual’s thoughts and behaviors. For this reason, a full understanding of cooperation is necessary for social psychologists.