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DQ 1 How might social psychology be influenced by cultural factors from one society to

another? Provide an example.

Social psychology is simply the study of how people's thoughts and behaviors are

influenced by those around them in actuality or in imagination. By this I mean that a

person is, and can be, affected by someone who is present in front of them just as

much as the thought of that person had they been absent. Typically social psychology

turns toward the environment and the motivation that persuades the influence on

behavior, but from culture to culture these types of aspects alter. For example someone

from the south is more likely to be old fashioned and have an accent that is much

different from someone who is from the north and might immediately butt heads about

their residential pride. Sometimes without even realizing it we succumb to social

influence through many aspects but a seemingly outstanding one is culture. First

impressions are last impressions and I believe that is where the cultural factors come

into play. The differences are vast and diverse as well. In most middle eastern countries

women are veiled and sheltered to not be seen or heard, where as the in the United

States women walk around day by day dressing however they desire. Had someone

from one of those middle eastern countries come to America to see what the females in

the United States where, that individual might be disgusted and disagree completely.

Then the individual is approached by a female with common conversation who is

dressed simply, in a polo t-shirt and blue jeans as she strolls through the city. The way

this individual will behave has many factors the way she is dressed, the type of

personality he possess, the tone of which she speaks in, and many others. Different

cultures influence social psychology significantly.

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Social psychology is essentially how individuals act and react in social situations.

Cultural factors within society affect social psychology because acceptable behaviors

differentiate among cultures. In order to know if an individual's behavior changes in a

social situation it be known how they act in everyday life.

Western cultures tend to be competitive in most situations. Schools thrive on

competition of students to be the best. A child in school is the hero of the team if they

dominate a game, and are seen as being responsible for winning. In many Asian

cultures competition is frowned upon. If a team wins no single member of the team is

seen as being the best, and a member of a team trying to do more than the other

members would be shameful to the team. These differences in behavior are the reason

social psychology is influenced by culture.

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Response 3

Every culture has differing morals, values and perceptions which influence social

psychology. Just like multiple intelligence is influenced by culture, social psychology is

also influenced by culture. For example, western society puts more bearing on self and

making oneself happy and thriving in society. Much emphasis is placed on our

education level and salary in determining whether or not we are successful and whether

others view us as successful, valued members of society. In other cultures, more

emphasis is placed on the community and the family and doing what is best for your

family without regard for your own happiness. In some cultures, if you have success

and money and do not share it with the family it is frowned upon. Another example

would be love and marriage. In western society, marriage is about choosing our partner

for our own self and happiness and many marriages end in divorce if they are not

happy. In other cultures, there are still arranged marriages and they have no choice of

their partner and divorce is not an option. In the Chinese culture, while it is not an

arranged marriage, they are expected to consider their obligation to the their family

when choosing a partner.

Response 4

According to psychology today, social psychology is a discipline that uses scientific

methods "to understand and explain how the thought, feeling and behavior of

individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of other human

beings. This can be for an example of someone that has lived in California all of their

lives and then move to a small town in Missouri and look at the way people are

perceived and can be perceived. There might be a wide variety of people in a big city of

California that are gay or lesbian and then that person that comes to Missouri and

doesnýt see any gays or lesbians might think that there might be some prejudice in that

small town because of the way people were raised to look at the world in one town to

another. There are many things that may be differant in the mind set of lets say a

person from a small town and a person from a big city. There may not be any other

nationality that this person sees in a daily basis in the small town but in the big town

they may be used to seeing differant cultures come alive all over. This can also mean

someone that lives in a small town in Missouri might be a little bit more patient than lets

say a person from a big city in New York.

Wk. 5 DQ 2 What factors should be considered in distinguishing between normal and

abnormal behavior? What relationships of importance might exist between social

psychology and abnormal psychology?

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Week 5 DQ 1?How might social psychology be influenced by cultural factors from one society to another? Provide an example. Social psychology is simply the study of how people's thoughts and behaviors are influenced by those around them in actuality or in imagination. By this I mean that a person is, and can be, affected by someone who is present in front of them just as much as the thought of that person had they been absent. Typically social psychology turns toward the environment and the motivation that persuades the influence on behavior, but from culture to culture these types of aspects alter. For example someone from the south is more likely to be old fashioned and have an accent that is much different from someone who is from the north and might immediately butt heads about their residential pride. Sometimes without even realizing it we succumb to social influence through many aspects but a seemingly outstanding one is culture. First impressions are last impressions and I believe that is where the cultural factors come into play. The differences are vast and diverse as well. In most middle eastern countries women are veiled and sheltered to not be seen or heard, where as the in the United States women walk around day by day dressing however they desire. Had someone from one of those middle eastern countries come to America to see what the females in the United States where, that individual might be disgusted and disagree completely. Then the individual is approached b ...
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