In so many public squares in cities throughout the world, people are
... metropolis, net-local public space is a new social organization that produces an increase in mental reserve; but at the same time, it produces a sense of freedom traditionally associated with the metropolis. The person in net-local public space is not limited to what is immediately proximate; she h ...
... metropolis, net-local public space is a new social organization that produces an increase in mental reserve; but at the same time, it produces a sense of freedom traditionally associated with the metropolis. The person in net-local public space is not limited to what is immediately proximate; she h ...
Aim: What is deviance? - Hauppauge School District
... Are some people natural leaders? Explain. ...
... Are some people natural leaders? Explain. ...
Toward a Relational Humanism - Works
... ourselves as machine-like creatures, inextricably driven by forces of heredity and environment, or as sentient beings who can draw from our experience and consciously decide our courses of action. Yet, as I shall propose in what follows, battles such as this find their origins in cultural traditions ...
... ourselves as machine-like creatures, inextricably driven by forces of heredity and environment, or as sentient beings who can draw from our experience and consciously decide our courses of action. Yet, as I shall propose in what follows, battles such as this find their origins in cultural traditions ...
Assimilative and Contrastive Emotional Reactions to Upward and
... the fortunes of others. Not only will the desirability of another's fortune be determined by whether it is relatively more or less desirable than our own situation, but judgments of liking and deservingness also may have relativistic origins. Especially when the relatively advantaged person is a mem ...
... the fortunes of others. Not only will the desirability of another's fortune be determined by whether it is relatively more or less desirable than our own situation, but judgments of liking and deservingness also may have relativistic origins. Especially when the relatively advantaged person is a mem ...
into the evolution of culture From fish to fashion
... insights into animal traditions that can be gained from experimental studies of fishes. Our ‘fishy focus’ is only partly because other contributors to this Special Edition have been given the remit to cover alternative taxonomic groups. Fishes provide, we believe, highly informative and practical mo ...
... insights into animal traditions that can be gained from experimental studies of fishes. Our ‘fishy focus’ is only partly because other contributors to this Special Edition have been given the remit to cover alternative taxonomic groups. Fishes provide, we believe, highly informative and practical mo ...
Why do people obey authority
... orders have come from a higher, impersonal authority that knows what is best, and so the subject’s position should not be to let his own conscience or the potential dissent for others try and interfere. This “agentic state” of continued obedience is also, however, due to the diminished sense of self ...
... orders have come from a higher, impersonal authority that knows what is best, and so the subject’s position should not be to let his own conscience or the potential dissent for others try and interfere. This “agentic state” of continued obedience is also, however, due to the diminished sense of self ...
Status, power, and intergroup relations
... explored how social class is closely associated with social status. A rank-based perspective on social class [45] suggests that people use social class as a tool to compare their own social standing to others. Varying social-class environments socialize differently and produce different cultural exp ...
... explored how social class is closely associated with social status. A rank-based perspective on social class [45] suggests that people use social class as a tool to compare their own social standing to others. Varying social-class environments socialize differently and produce different cultural exp ...
So good it has to be true: Wishful thinking in
... Figure 2: Stimuli used in Experiment 1. (a) the wheel used to determine the payout for the next outcome in the Many outcome condition and (b) in the Dual outcome condition. (c) Galton board used to decide the outcome in Experiment 1. The blue arrow at the top indicates where the marble will be dropp ...
... Figure 2: Stimuli used in Experiment 1. (a) the wheel used to determine the payout for the next outcome in the Many outcome condition and (b) in the Dual outcome condition. (c) Galton board used to decide the outcome in Experiment 1. The blue arrow at the top indicates where the marble will be dropp ...
Bourdieu, ethics and practice
... responsibility and choice, for there can usually be different responses to any given context. Thus, there is nothing automatic about the development of virtues: people could act in a courageous or cowardly way in response to the same situation, “for we are ourselves somehow part-causes of our states ...
... responsibility and choice, for there can usually be different responses to any given context. Thus, there is nothing automatic about the development of virtues: people could act in a courageous or cowardly way in response to the same situation, “for we are ourselves somehow part-causes of our states ...
social.aaai14with - ResearchSpace@Auckland
... that, in some cases, pursue shared goals (e.g., Levesque, Cohen, and Nunes 1990); this contrasts with our concerns, which revolve around single agents that achieve their own goals in social settings. • Dialogue systems, an area in which some efforts (e.g., Perrault and Allen 1980) represent and reas ...
... that, in some cases, pursue shared goals (e.g., Levesque, Cohen, and Nunes 1990); this contrasts with our concerns, which revolve around single agents that achieve their own goals in social settings. • Dialogue systems, an area in which some efforts (e.g., Perrault and Allen 1980) represent and reas ...
Revisiting External Validity: Concerns about Trolley Problems and
... accurately reflect moral functioning in a broader set of situations. To be clear, our focus in the current paper is on aspects of commonly used sacrificial dilemmas that make them seem frivolous and different from more realistic moral situations; we find little fault with studying moral dilemmas per ...
... accurately reflect moral functioning in a broader set of situations. To be clear, our focus in the current paper is on aspects of commonly used sacrificial dilemmas that make them seem frivolous and different from more realistic moral situations; we find little fault with studying moral dilemmas per ...
From fish to fashion: experimental and theoretical insights into the
... insights into animal traditions that can be gained from experimental studies of fishes. Our ‘fishy focus’ is only partly because other contributors to this Special Edition have been given the remit to cover alternative taxonomic groups. Fishes provide, we believe, highly informative and practical mo ...
... insights into animal traditions that can be gained from experimental studies of fishes. Our ‘fishy focus’ is only partly because other contributors to this Special Edition have been given the remit to cover alternative taxonomic groups. Fishes provide, we believe, highly informative and practical mo ...
carlson_chapter_15_final
... Actor-observer effect is when we tend to attribute one’s own behavior to external factors but others’ to internal factors Self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute our accomplishments and successes to internal causes and our failures and mistakes to external causes Self-handicapping is im ...
... Actor-observer effect is when we tend to attribute one’s own behavior to external factors but others’ to internal factors Self-serving bias is the tendency to attribute our accomplishments and successes to internal causes and our failures and mistakes to external causes Self-handicapping is im ...
Culture
... Autocratic leaders Leader’s who use a style based on giving orders to followers. Glass ceiling An invisible barrier that prevents women, and minorities, from attaining top leadership positions Role congruity theory Mainly applied to the gender gap in leadership – because social stereotypes of women ...
... Autocratic leaders Leader’s who use a style based on giving orders to followers. Glass ceiling An invisible barrier that prevents women, and minorities, from attaining top leadership positions Role congruity theory Mainly applied to the gender gap in leadership – because social stereotypes of women ...
Social attitudes modulate automatic imitation
... 1999), only a small number of studies have examined the converse relationship – the impact of social attitudes on mimicry. Some early research suggested that among romantic couples there is a correlation between the amount of rapport they feel with each other and the amount of mimicking that takes p ...
... 1999), only a small number of studies have examined the converse relationship – the impact of social attitudes on mimicry. Some early research suggested that among romantic couples there is a correlation between the amount of rapport they feel with each other and the amount of mimicking that takes p ...
Chapter 1
... Dissonance reduction following a difficult moral decision can cause people to behave either more or less ethically in the future, because people’s attitudes will polarize in the attempt to justify the ethical choice they made. Aronson Social Psychology, 5/e Copyright © 2005 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. ...
... Dissonance reduction following a difficult moral decision can cause people to behave either more or less ethically in the future, because people’s attitudes will polarize in the attempt to justify the ethical choice they made. Aronson Social Psychology, 5/e Copyright © 2005 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. ...
Conservative versus liberal worldviews
... Observing oneself is often a biased venture and reporting on what one observes has the capacity to be even more biased. Several researchers (Schooler & Schreiber, 2004; Frith & Lau, 2006; Overgaard, 2006) have tried to operationally define introspection in hopes of creating an adequate measure. Whil ...
... Observing oneself is often a biased venture and reporting on what one observes has the capacity to be even more biased. Several researchers (Schooler & Schreiber, 2004; Frith & Lau, 2006; Overgaard, 2006) have tried to operationally define introspection in hopes of creating an adequate measure. Whil ...
VSE Falger Sociobiology and Political Ideology: Comments on the
... SOCIOBIOLOGY AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY ...
... SOCIOBIOLOGY AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY ...
Musical taste and in-group favouritism
... As noted earlier, recent studies support the idea that people perceive those who share their musical tastes significantly more favorably than those who do not. Whilst consistent with the predictions of social identity theory, these studies are, however, subject to several limitations. For example, p ...
... As noted earlier, recent studies support the idea that people perceive those who share their musical tastes significantly more favorably than those who do not. Whilst consistent with the predictions of social identity theory, these studies are, however, subject to several limitations. For example, p ...
Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory by Donald Green and Ian
... “We contend that much of the fanfare with which the rational choice approach has been heralded in political science must be seen as premature once the question is asked: What has this literature contributed to our understanding of politics? We do not dispute that theoretical models of immense and i ...
... “We contend that much of the fanfare with which the rational choice approach has been heralded in political science must be seen as premature once the question is asked: What has this literature contributed to our understanding of politics? We do not dispute that theoretical models of immense and i ...
Social Norms - Penn Arts and Sciences
... norms as clusters of expectations might thus be misleading, as there are many examples of discrepancies between normative expectations and behavior. Take the widely acknowledged norm of self-interest (Miller and Ratner 1996); it is remarkable to observe how often people expect others to act selfishl ...
... norms as clusters of expectations might thus be misleading, as there are many examples of discrepancies between normative expectations and behavior. Take the widely acknowledged norm of self-interest (Miller and Ratner 1996); it is remarkable to observe how often people expect others to act selfishl ...
preprint Word document - Daniel J. O`Keefe home page
... use is influenced more heavily by normative than by attitudinal factors, then campaigns designed to discourage such behavior should presumably give special attention to normative considerations. The TRA also provides an account of the determinants of these attitudinal and normative factors (that is, ...
... use is influenced more heavily by normative than by attitudinal factors, then campaigns designed to discourage such behavior should presumably give special attention to normative considerations. The TRA also provides an account of the determinants of these attitudinal and normative factors (that is, ...
Infiltrating an e-Tribe: Marketing within the Machinima [Computerised Games] Community Tracy Harwood*
... participants. Whilst there are leaders whose opinions are respected, these leaders ‘lead through example or persuasion with an emphasis on their rhetorical abilities, achievements and [relevant] skills’ (p. 122). Where conflict and disputes emerge and cannot be resolved, tribal members ‘vote with th ...
... participants. Whilst there are leaders whose opinions are respected, these leaders ‘lead through example or persuasion with an emphasis on their rhetorical abilities, achievements and [relevant] skills’ (p. 122). Where conflict and disputes emerge and cannot be resolved, tribal members ‘vote with th ...
Too Much of a Good Thing? The Relationship Between Number of
... sites such as Facebook, another novel source of social information. Social networking sites such as Friendster, MySpace, and Facebook have become immensely popular. The rapid adoption of these systems raise questions about the functionalities they offer that make them so popular, and about the commu ...
... sites such as Facebook, another novel source of social information. Social networking sites such as Friendster, MySpace, and Facebook have become immensely popular. The rapid adoption of these systems raise questions about the functionalities they offer that make them so popular, and about the commu ...
Social Science and Social Psychology: The
... the field is becoming more insular rather than less so. One unfortunate development is the infusion of personality concepts into social psychology (Carlson, 1984). Despite the work of the interactionists in the personality area, personality is still viewed as a dispositional, internal construct that ...
... the field is becoming more insular rather than less so. One unfortunate development is the infusion of personality concepts into social psychology (Carlson, 1984). Despite the work of the interactionists in the personality area, personality is still viewed as a dispositional, internal construct that ...