• There were quite a few different groups. I would say that there were probably 4 different groups. The younger kids were split into their own group. My older cousins were split into another group. Then, my aunts and uncles were also split into different groups. After all of that, there was just me and my grandma who didn’t really fit into a group because we had nobody close to our age there, so we made up most of the “out group.”’ • My younger cousins were pretty much running around and chasing each other the whole time. • My older cousins were talking about hunting and what had been going on in their lives. • Most of my aunts were talking about what they were going to do for shopping, and they were talking about their kids. • My uncles, on the other hand, were wandering around outside, on the lake, after lunch, and they were talking about things guys talk about. • When people, such as my grandma or one of my aunts, approached the “young kid” group, they usually quit running around. They would stay calm until that person left. Then they would go all crazy then. • When different people approached my older cousins, they would briefly stop whatever they were talking about. That was only because they were being polite and asking whoever approached them how they had been. Then as soon as that person left, they would just resume their conversation. • I didn’t really notice much of a difference in any of my aunts’ or uncles’ were approached by somebody, unless it was one of their kids. Then sometimes they would quit whatever they were doing to go help them with something. After they helped their kid, they just went back to doing whatever they were doing before. • The familiarity effect played a little bit of a role because one... ... middle of paper ... ...rvations, I was able to learn quite a bit about groups and conformity. Before, I didn’t even really understand what conformity was or what it can affect, but after observing groups for my conformity project, I understand it a lot better now. I realize now that conformity plays a huge role in everyday life. Conformity is the reason that people make quite a few of the decisions that they do. It can affect how people act or behave when somebody in an “out group” approaches their “in group” because the person doesn’t want to act out of the norm. Psychology plays a very big role in all of this because conformity has to do with how people think and why people make the decisions that they do. Psychology also helps explain why people separate into “in groups” and “out groups” like they do. It helps explain pretty much everything that has to do with conformity in general.
The setting of this observation takes place in a suburban home in southern Maryland. The home belongs to the grandmother of the subject. The day is before thanksgiving and there are a lot of family members present. Six people other than Imani are here; her older brother who seemed to be 2 years old, her male cousin who seems to be the same age as her, her grandmother, two aunts, an uncle, and her mother. There are three boys total and four females, including Imani. The home has three floors, with most of the activity taking place in the kitchen and family room. In the family room, there were couches, a tread mill, television, and a set of steps that lead to the kitchen. The kitchen has a table, an island, appliances,
During the duration of Émile Durkheim’s life from 1858–1917, he established himself as one the founders of social psychology, otherwise known as conformity. Throughout history, society has steadily presented new ways of thinking and behaving while expecting the populace to behave accordingly. That mentality is as strong as ever in today’s culture, by advertising rational and irrational concepts of majority demeanor and point of view. Individuals feel as though they need to act in uniform with the better part of their peers. Primarily since the mid 1930’s, studies performed by psychologists on individual and group conduct have become more popular and gone into greater depth. Conformity has both lethal and beneficial potential based upon the
The most basic concept in social psychology is conformity. Conformity is the idea that behaviour or a belief is changed in order to follow, or conform, to what is considered the “norm.” One of the oldest experiments to support this notion was conducted in 1935 by Muzafer Sherif (Song, Ma, Wu, Li, 2012 p. 1366). There are two different types of
How’s the relationship between you and other family members that don’t meet each other for a long time? What thoughts and feelings would come up when they stand by you to accomplish your dreams? These are the questions explored in Margaret Atwood’s short story, “Great Aunts.”
people my age, was assigned to bunks of kids ranging from ages eight to fifteen.
Thanksgiving Day is a day of family, food, and giving thanks for the blessings in life and yet some people believe Thanksgiving to be a prep day for Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. The focus of Thanksgiving shifted from family bonding to incessant shopping. This trend of taking away from the hours of Thanksgiving in order to shop is enraging. It steals away from family time for the shoppers and the employees. Employers threaten workers that if they do not work on that certain holiday, they will be fired. Black Friday should be kept to Friday instead of moving in on my family time. The whole culture of Black Friday has become repugnant and unnecessary.
My relatives tends to not beat around the bush. All of us do not wait and think of a way to ask a question or say something in a different way. We come straight out and say whatever we have on our minds. Some people do not like, that but it is just the way we are. One time my aunt got me a gift card for a restaurant where I do not eat at anymore and I told her just that. She did not mind, thankfully, but my sister did. She could not believe I did that, but, I wanted my aunt to know before she asked about it.
...to prevent any incidents from occurring. This type of behavior disappoints my family every time there is a gathering, yet we all still love my aunt.
Thinking about normal social interactions and normal social behaviors, I think of comfortable. When I sit down with a friend, a usual routine is followed, “Hey, how are you, what’s new?” (e.g. My turn, your turn). These questions between my friend and I include eye contact, attention, and facial expression. Usually, I feel that I give my friend my undivided attention. Other normal characteristics include: remembering what the person has just said so a comment can be made, as well as each comment is appropriate and in relation to the current topic. Moreover, the duration between each question or comment is short.
behaviours differ from that of what they once were at a younger age. These changes
Each time I went to speak, I was overwhelmed with the possibility that I would get a negative response. After about 10 minutes of participating in this behavior, however, I realized that I was getting a handful of relatively the same reactions. People would either unenthusiastically say hello back, not say anything but smile, completely ignore me, or do a double take, looking around with a confused face to see if I was talking to somebody else. These reactions did not surprise me, because if I was in their shoes, I am sure I would have responded the same way. Starting at a young age, many of us are taught by our parents or other adult figures in our lives, not to talk to strangers because it could be dangerous. That being said, we usually do not expect strangers to randomly approach us either, and are caught off guard when they do so in situations outside of the normal
Conformity is a concept that has intrigued psychologists for decades; a concept that has been the foundation of numerous studies, books, and that has been subtly woven into the media. Most of the research done on conformity has to do with what can cause conforming behavior and when conforming behavior is most prevalent. There are generally two types of influences that can cause conforming behavior, informational social influences and normative social influence. Both deal with the when and why of conformity in society and what situations typically cause a group or one or two people to conform. The most powerful and dangerous type of conformity is conformity to authority, which can cause people to obey orders that they would normally not follow in any other situation. With that being said, informational social influence can fuel conforming behavior, especially in instances when the situation is a crisis, ambiguous, and when other people in the situation have authority or expertise.
They run around and play with toys, run through the woods, and act obnoxious. When I was this age, I was obnoxious to say the least, but as for other characteristics, my parents took special care in smothering out anything that presented itself as ‘dangerous.’ “This type of parenting or smothering rather than mothering, is ineffective and fails to instill virtues and values such as responsibility, courage, self-esteem, self-respect, and confidence in your child” (Overprotective par. 10). I could not run through the woods with other kids, and I could not venture too far away from an older person. As a kid, I always wanted one thing: a trampoline. Almost every one of my friends had a trampoline, except for me, of course. Because a trampoline is made to fling people into the air, my parents, particularly my father, were worried this toy could toss me off and injure me. For this reason, my father strictly forbid our family from owning one, and discouraged me from being on someone else’s. While I see why my parents did not want me to have one of these, I lost a large part of my childhood to their overprotectiveness (I am using the trampoline symbolically as a number of other
After some moments of bewildered eye rubbing and tiny yawns the little kids would stumble off their cots and line up at the door. We big helper kids would then lead the drowsy procession down the stairs to the main playroom. I remember entering that room in triumph. We were finally the big kids to something. I think you really feel older when you have the opportunity to help someone older. We knew that the rest of the school revered us as the big kids we were.
the experiences may cause them to smile, or even laugh, while some of them may