Interpersonal Influences

Self esteem is the component of a person's personality that dictates how they view themselves. People with healthy self-esteem

In Communications Between Cultures individualism and collectivism are described by researchers as “self-orientation versus collective orientation as one of the basic pattern variables that determine human action.” These differences can be found in family life, school, and workplace

An individual may use this description of themselves to assess the value of the self. This is considered to be a person's "self-esteem," or the way in which an individual views their worth. A

Concept of self, self-esteem and self-efficacy. Refers to beliefs about who we are, how good we feel about ourselves, and how capable we believe we are at performing task.

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 powerful in determining one’s future. Actions behaviors and opinions are all connected to impact of others and the way they shape our views on the world as well as ourselves. Self-Image is dependent on the acceptance of others, thus always changing since one’s morals and ethics do not stay the same as time goes on. Influence of others play a role on how one tends to view themselves and people around them, by either being forced to conform to a country’s lifestyle, completing constant tasks to keep up with society’s demands, or being able to be content with oneself rather than being blinded of the onslaught of constant expectations.

An individual’s opinion of who and what they helps them form and develop their own individuality. It is established through the individual’s behaviour and attitude. It relates to how they view themselves and is associated with their own self-image, body image and self-esteem. Murphy (as cited by Gross, 2001) stated the self is part of the individual which is understood and know to by the individual them self. A person’s physical appearance is the first thing that is seen when they are in contact with others. If the individual feels positive and confident within themselves then this will influence the development of a strong and healthy life. This can also influence how they experience life allowing them to develop in a positive, healthy way and enabling them to build up strong relationships with others. Self concept can be based upon one’s own expectations and goals which they hold

A number of determinants place pregnant women at higher risk of poor nutritional status at antenatal periods including older maternal age, Indigenous status, ethnic background and family history, most of these risk factors are not modifiable. However, poor nutrition and diet related disease are frequently present in also association with other modifiable-socioeconomic and interpersonal determinants, The National Health Performance Framework indicated the important of social determinants to the health of disadvantage population, this framework includes socioeconomic and community factors, and individual factors Such as income, health literacy and educational attainment. Those determinants can be addressed

Society has been brainwashed ever since stereotypes were created. Many people assume that it is okay to manipulate others and convinced them to be just like them or have the same beliefs. The truth is everyone judges and nothing is ever perfect in a strangers’ eye. There are so many things that make this world spin around and help it survive, but what about the things that make the world think, or behave? What about equality and representation? What about the background families or ancestors pass on to the next individual? Here are some of the social conditioning influences that make everyone different which includes what parents and family contribute in an everyday life, religion, and employment.

Because individualistic cultures value self-consistency across different context more than collectivistic culture, Canadians are expected to use more accept responses and less evade and reject responses than Iranians. Therefore, the hypothesis is, there is a positive relationship between self-consistency across different context and accept compliment responses, with Canadians show more accept responses than Iranians. The criterion variable is the type of compliment responses and the predictor variable is the degree one’s value

Informational Social Influence this theory consists of the need to analyze different the information and different points of view. When a person is found in an unknown environment, without sufficient information about it. That person will look at other people’s behavior to know what the social norm is and will then behave in a similar way. People need information about their environment to feel comfortable.

There are many different aspects of self, such as self-concept, self-esteem, and self-efficacy that may be hard for an individual to differentiate. According to the textbook, Life-Span Human Development, 7th edition, by Carol Sigelman, on page 348, self-concept is “your perceptions, positive or negative, of your unique attributes and traits as a person.” Self-concept generally focuses on who one is as an individual. An example of this would be a person believing that they are the most beautiful person in the world, even though others may not have the same opinion. Self–esteem differs from self-concept for the reason that self-esteem focus on how good the person is in a situation, or in an activity. Looking back at the textbook, Life-Span Human Development, 7th edition, by Carol Sigelman, on page 348,

“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).

Study three introduces an interpersonal strategy introduced by Festinger: changing one’s own attitude to align with others’ opinions (Festinger, 1957; as cited in Matz & Woods, 2005). Building off of Festinger’s idea of changing one’s attitude three conditions are used in this study. The three strategies used are: (a) changing one’s own attitudes to agree with others in the group, (b) influencing others to change their opinion, and (c) joining a different, attitudinally congenial group. The end results show

This essay will discuss the influence of cultural dimensions on behavior. A cultural dimension is defined as a perspective of a culture based on its values and cultural norms. In particular, Hofstede’s cultural dimension of individualism vs. collectivism will be discussed. Individualism vs collectivism is defined as the preference of a person only being concerned about oneself and looking after oneself, compared to a person who wants to remain in a closely knitted network. These are some terms with definitions which will be used in this essay: the Asch paradigm, which refers to the studies conducted by Solomon Asch, in which he showed his participants different lines and asked them to verbally judge and respond as to what the length of the