Essays on Group Identity

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine whether social support can moderate the relationship between acculturative stress and alcohol abuse among international college students. Cluster random sampling will be used to select the institutions from which the sample will be drawn, and stratified random sampling will be used to recruit male international students between the ages of 18 and 24 years, currently residing and studying in the state of California. Data will be collected using a demographic questionnaire, Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ), and the Acculturative Stress Scale for International Students (ASSIS). Postal mail ...

Mergers are a common occurrence in healthcare. The ultimate goal of this is to create more value through a greater share in the market, increased productivity at lesser operational costs, lesser taxes or cross selling (Terjesen, 2009). Mergers can be friendly or hostile; the former is welcomed while the latter is often met with resistance by the management of the company to be acquired. In the process, hard (financial) and soft (culture and human resource) issues need to be addressed. Studies note that a majority of mergers are unsuccessful in the sense that no real value is created. This is because inadequate ...

PSYC101 Journal Article ReviewAssignment - Part 2Article Analysis, Connection, and ReflectionDue: 11:55pm ETSunday at the end ofWeek 6of the 8-week course termYou may work on this assignment ahead of its deadline but may not submit it prior to Week 6.Points Possible: 140 OVERVIEW: For Part I of this two-part assignment you identified and summarized elements of a published scholarly article selected from the classroom Resources Folder. For Part 2, which is due by the end of Week 6, you will analyze, connect, and reflect on aspects of your selected article. Note that the words “succinct” and “thorough” repeat regularly ...

Stereotype

Whistling Vivaldi is a book written by Claude Steele, a social psychologist, highlighting the stereotype threat phenomena. It explains the tendency to anticipate, perceive as well as be influenced by stereotypes about a person’s social group. In the education social arena there are also different stereotypes which affect both the learners and their instructors. In determining the performance of specific learners as well as instructors, people create stereotypes towards a given social identity. In the education social background, certain people have their own group identity towards which other people have developed stereotypes. There is a way in which the rest of the ...

I am a born US-citizen but my roots belong to Italy; my ancestors came to the United States during the era that was known as the “New Immigration” during the period of 1900-1915. My ancestors belonged to the Southern Italy and were low-level farmers. During that era, migrations to the United States were made for the economic purpose but upon entering the country, they had to face ethnic prejudices in the labor force. The major factors that contributed to this migration were poverty, natural disasters, and low levels of earning and minimal opportunities in the homeland (Telles, 2012). Another factor ...

Introduction

Human beings are individualistic as well as social beings. Individuals must negotiate the delicate balance between loyalty to oneself and allegiance to groups. A careful analysis of the film, The Wave, will reveal the razor-thin line between the two concepts and how humans gradually gravitate towards undesirable ends if they are not in control of their emotional and rational capacities when participating in group rituals and activities. Essentially, individual identity can easily be lost in group psyche through indoctrination and this can result in disastrous consequences if not controlled.

The Wave – An introduction

The Wave is a German film that was first screened in ...

Abstract

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the article “The Gimmicks of Sex & Gender”. The article examines the effect of sex-priming in the society and its implication as regards to self-perceptions. The paper provides a detailed description of the six different experiments used to verify the hypothesis of the study. From the experiments a conclusion is drawn on the implications of sex-priming. Moreover, the results from the six experiments justify the hypothesis.

Introduction

This article was authored by Tanja Hundhammer and Thomas Mussweiler. The article comprehensively covers the sexual behavior in the society. According to the article women are expected to be submissive, ...

The basis of psychology from a behavioural standpoint comes down to how an individual thinks, acts, and is perceived by society (HubPages, 2012). There is immense influence of effect of society and social influences on human behaviour. Not only do human interactions affect human behaviour significantly, the latter is also influenced by social situations. People tend to act differently in different situations, relationship and context. Also, society stipulates norms, imposes sanctions and expects certain behaviour from people. Deviation from societal norms can lead to social outcasts, which necessitates people to follow these informal rules. People tend to behave in way ...

Description of the Group Activity:

The main objective of the work was to find the best ways of improving waiting areas, through suggestions and proposals issued and recommended by clients. It was a charming experience full of enthuses and hard work based on determination to achieve best results and quality work. The work formulated was original, under the participation of six group members. I enjoyed working with the members, as they provided excellent cooperation and a better environment for learning. The fundamental ideas were coordinated and organized in a precise manner. The topic of the audit was chosen based on the clients’ satisfaction levels of two waiting ...