Chapter 14: Social Behavior
... aggressive behavior more likely. For example, studies of crime rates show that the incidence of highly aggressive behavior, such as murder, rape, and assault, rises as the air temperature goes from warm to hot to sweltering (Anderson, 1989). The results you see here further confirm the heat-aggressi ...
... aggressive behavior more likely. For example, studies of crime rates show that the incidence of highly aggressive behavior, such as murder, rape, and assault, rises as the air temperature goes from warm to hot to sweltering (Anderson, 1989). The results you see here further confirm the heat-aggressi ...
The Problem of Behaviour Change: From Social Norms to an
... are seen as largely homogenous and that there is a moral consensus. As a result “most others” are viewed as a reference point for people to infer, imitate and learn about behaviour and to measure how far one’s own behaviour deviates from what others do. It is also recognised that people occupy diffe ...
... are seen as largely homogenous and that there is a moral consensus. As a result “most others” are viewed as a reference point for people to infer, imitate and learn about behaviour and to measure how far one’s own behaviour deviates from what others do. It is also recognised that people occupy diffe ...
Interactive Effects of Characteristics of Defendant and Mock Juror on
... Investigators of interactions between defendant attractiveness and juror gender have not explored negligent homicide, an unintentional crime associated with poor or lapsed judgment, in which there is no implication that defendants exploited their attractiveness for personal gain. If salient attracti ...
... Investigators of interactions between defendant attractiveness and juror gender have not explored negligent homicide, an unintentional crime associated with poor or lapsed judgment, in which there is no implication that defendants exploited their attractiveness for personal gain. If salient attracti ...
unit 14 study guide
... a. North Americans prefer more personal space than do Latin Americans. b. the French prefer more personal space than do the British. c. Arabs prefer more personal space than do Scandinavians. d. women prefer more personal space than do men. e. young people prefer more personal space than do older ad ...
... a. North Americans prefer more personal space than do Latin Americans. b. the French prefer more personal space than do the British. c. Arabs prefer more personal space than do Scandinavians. d. women prefer more personal space than do men. e. young people prefer more personal space than do older ad ...
SampleChapter_ch01
... observing others going about their normal daily routines, do you ever stop and think to yourself, “Isn’t this interesting. I’m watching people living!”? The first time I remember identifying myself as a “people watcher” was when I was a teenager working as a bagger at a grocery store in my hometown. ...
... observing others going about their normal daily routines, do you ever stop and think to yourself, “Isn’t this interesting. I’m watching people living!”? The first time I remember identifying myself as a “people watcher” was when I was a teenager working as a bagger at a grocery store in my hometown. ...
Peer effects in employment: Results from Mexico`s poor rural
... individual decisions and choices, serious difficulties arise when trying to measure this effect empirically. Much of the recent work on social networks consists in proposing research designs where the identification problem in measuring this effect can be overcome. This paper provides a measurement ...
... individual decisions and choices, serious difficulties arise when trying to measure this effect empirically. Much of the recent work on social networks consists in proposing research designs where the identification problem in measuring this effect can be overcome. This paper provides a measurement ...
Social Selection and Indirect Genetic Effects in Structured
... of interacting phenotypes that can be evaluated independently from the genetics of interacting phenotypes. This model showed that an opportunity for social selection exists whenever individual fitness varies as a result of interactions with conspecifics (Wolf et al. 1999). Thus, in this context, IGE ...
... of interacting phenotypes that can be evaluated independently from the genetics of interacting phenotypes. This model showed that an opportunity for social selection exists whenever individual fitness varies as a result of interactions with conspecifics (Wolf et al. 1999). Thus, in this context, IGE ...
Peer-reviewed Article PDF
... disorganization theory to link neighborhood characteristics to crime and health issues. They discovered that the poverty, residential instability, and racial/ethnic heterogeneity increased the level of social control of neighborhoods. These three factors create a lack of informal networks in the nei ...
... disorganization theory to link neighborhood characteristics to crime and health issues. They discovered that the poverty, residential instability, and racial/ethnic heterogeneity increased the level of social control of neighborhoods. These three factors create a lack of informal networks in the nei ...
some people`` and ``other people` - Political Psychology Research
... Furthermore, by explicitly referring to the distribution of othersÕ attitudes, such questions might induce a cognitive focus on that distribution that might not have occurred otherwise. Inducing this might increase respondent burden by causing people to think about something they would not have othe ...
... Furthermore, by explicitly referring to the distribution of othersÕ attitudes, such questions might induce a cognitive focus on that distribution that might not have occurred otherwise. Inducing this might increase respondent burden by causing people to think about something they would not have othe ...
Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
... attributes (Chakroff & Young, 2015). If purity issues are more likely than other moral issues to lead to dispositional inferences about others, they might also have stronger effects on social network tie formation and dissolution as these behaviors are at least partially dependent on dispositional e ...
... attributes (Chakroff & Young, 2015). If purity issues are more likely than other moral issues to lead to dispositional inferences about others, they might also have stronger effects on social network tie formation and dissolution as these behaviors are at least partially dependent on dispositional e ...
Group Membership and Diffusion in Virtual Worlds
... widespread popularity, most were adopted by just a few individuals. The distribution of gestures displays a step function because avatars by default have a certain number of gestures that tend to remain unless discarded from inventory. It is also interesting to note that adopters tend to occupy a di ...
... widespread popularity, most were adopted by just a few individuals. The distribution of gestures displays a step function because avatars by default have a certain number of gestures that tend to remain unless discarded from inventory. It is also interesting to note that adopters tend to occupy a di ...
Points of View and the reconciliation of Identity Oppositions
... ramifications. On the basis of their views, individuals are identified as liberals or democrats, communists or anarchists, fundamentalists or agnostics. Individuals negotiate their identities on the basis of the outlooks they adopt and the relations they assume with others. In the process of adoptin ...
... ramifications. On the basis of their views, individuals are identified as liberals or democrats, communists or anarchists, fundamentalists or agnostics. Individuals negotiate their identities on the basis of the outlooks they adopt and the relations they assume with others. In the process of adoptin ...
(2012). Collective narcissism. In DJ Christie (Ed.)
... threatened by, and prejudiced against, groups with which they can compare - because they are physically close to them or because they are, in some important respect, similar to them. The Nature of Narcissistic Group Esteem Why is collective narcissism related to intergroup hostility and prejudice? T ...
... threatened by, and prejudiced against, groups with which they can compare - because they are physically close to them or because they are, in some important respect, similar to them. The Nature of Narcissistic Group Esteem Why is collective narcissism related to intergroup hostility and prejudice? T ...
Prejudice Against Fat People: Ideology and Self-Interest
... Another area of criticism has been the conceptualization of self-interest (see Sears & Funk, 1991). Kinder and Sears (1981) defined self-interest in terms of having children potentially subject to busing; they assumed that it is always against parents' self-interest to have their children bused. Cra ...
... Another area of criticism has been the conceptualization of self-interest (see Sears & Funk, 1991). Kinder and Sears (1981) defined self-interest in terms of having children potentially subject to busing; they assumed that it is always against parents' self-interest to have their children bused. Cra ...
Kin and social network structure in two populations of
... skew is when reproduction is shared more evenly among several group members. The central idea behind reproductive skew theory is that, following the formation of social groups due to ecological constraints and natal philopatry, dominant breeders in the group may share reproduction with subordinates ...
... skew is when reproduction is shared more evenly among several group members. The central idea behind reproductive skew theory is that, following the formation of social groups due to ecological constraints and natal philopatry, dominant breeders in the group may share reproduction with subordinates ...
Toward a Historical Sociology of Social Situations1
... own particular “feeling” or “ethos” (Goffman 1963, p. 19). We need an analytical framework in order to make this recognizable but fuzzy sense of situational character into something systematically comparable. Importantly, part of what distinguishes Goffman’s work from other sociological theories of ...
... own particular “feeling” or “ethos” (Goffman 1963, p. 19). We need an analytical framework in order to make this recognizable but fuzzy sense of situational character into something systematically comparable. Importantly, part of what distinguishes Goffman’s work from other sociological theories of ...
Geographies of Uneven Development
... “All everyday activities require the negotiation of space and time…” (Jarvis 2011: 519) by individuals to meet the multitude requirements given by work, family and other social networks as well as by society. Besides the individual mobility that fits the distinct needs of a person, mobility patterns ...
... “All everyday activities require the negotiation of space and time…” (Jarvis 2011: 519) by individuals to meet the multitude requirements given by work, family and other social networks as well as by society. Besides the individual mobility that fits the distinct needs of a person, mobility patterns ...
Does belonging to groups in Saint Martha`s settlement house, tend
... recent student movements going on in the South and throughout the world* The desires and wants of these young people are being transferred to others and engaged in all over the world. Changes in legal interpretation often symbolizes new landmarks in social attitudes* The high courts and action group ...
... recent student movements going on in the South and throughout the world* The desires and wants of these young people are being transferred to others and engaged in all over the world. Changes in legal interpretation often symbolizes new landmarks in social attitudes* The high courts and action group ...
Personality Combined
... • E. Juan is projecting. Instead of acknowledging the feelings he has toward Sally he views Sally as having those feelings toward him. Were Juan to displace his feelings, he would express love fore someone else or something else. If Juan were to use reaction formation, he would claim to hate Sally. ...
... • E. Juan is projecting. Instead of acknowledging the feelings he has toward Sally he views Sally as having those feelings toward him. Were Juan to displace his feelings, he would express love fore someone else or something else. If Juan were to use reaction formation, he would claim to hate Sally. ...
Attribution theory and weight loss 1 Running head
... Attribution theory and weight loss 4 Before discussing the stigma of obesity it is important to understand what a stigma is. Weiner, Perry, and Magnusson (1988) define a stigma as a deviation from the norm in relation to physical attributes, behavior, and character. Stigmas vary in category in that ...
... Attribution theory and weight loss 4 Before discussing the stigma of obesity it is important to understand what a stigma is. Weiner, Perry, and Magnusson (1988) define a stigma as a deviation from the norm in relation to physical attributes, behavior, and character. Stigmas vary in category in that ...
Connolly, J. and Prothero, A. (2008), “Green Consumption: Life
... stuff’ but little time with his/her parents and the second described a child with very few cool things ...
... stuff’ but little time with his/her parents and the second described a child with very few cool things ...
Group peer disagreement
... group of an epistemic state is just shorthand for an attribution to a majority of individuals an epistemic state. On the simple summativist proposal, we might firstly define epistemic peers summatively by saying that Group A and Group B are epistemic peer groups just in case enough individuals in gr ...
... group of an epistemic state is just shorthand for an attribution to a majority of individuals an epistemic state. On the simple summativist proposal, we might firstly define epistemic peers summatively by saying that Group A and Group B are epistemic peer groups just in case enough individuals in gr ...
Perceived Out-Group
... ethnic group categorization was salient. The same results were obtained with Native Canadian participants; in the human identity condition, White Canadians were forgiven more and they were assigned less collective guilt for their group’s harm to the in-group than when self-categorization had been in ...
... ethnic group categorization was salient. The same results were obtained with Native Canadian participants; in the human identity condition, White Canadians were forgiven more and they were assigned less collective guilt for their group’s harm to the in-group than when self-categorization had been in ...
Spread of Social Information and Dynamics of Social
... without flavored media: F1,112 = 0.276, p = 0.601). This suggests that direct interaction with demonstrators is sufficient to generate social transmission and that the social transmission of information does not involve direct exposure to the flavored substrate. Flies Use Social Cues to Choose Egg-L ...
... without flavored media: F1,112 = 0.276, p = 0.601). This suggests that direct interaction with demonstrators is sufficient to generate social transmission and that the social transmission of information does not involve direct exposure to the flavored substrate. Flies Use Social Cues to Choose Egg-L ...
BaccusImplicitSE - Wabash Personal Web Pages
... certain forms of incongruent or defensive self-esteem might interfere with people's ability to benefit from positive social feedback. The impact of the conditioning extended beyond automatic self-evaluative reactions to feelings of aggressiveness. Participants who began the study with low explicit s ...
... certain forms of incongruent or defensive self-esteem might interfere with people's ability to benefit from positive social feedback. The impact of the conditioning extended beyond automatic self-evaluative reactions to feelings of aggressiveness. Participants who began the study with low explicit s ...