Social Influences How Behavior Differs Term Paper

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The same group of competitive students, after college acceptance letters have been mailed, goes together on a senior trip, for one last time.

A a.

Social facilitation: Students are on their best behavior for the period before the trip, because they know that any infraction may result in its cancellation, which will injure the entire group.

A b.

Co-actors: The student senior class as a whole feels a sense of unity, because it is their last event together.

A c.

Social loafing: Students go on the trip, which is expensive and required many fundraising efforts, who did not participate in those efforts, but no one rebukes them because they are seniors.

A d.

Groupthink: All students feel sentimental about leaving school, because everyone is crying and acting nostalgic, even students who disliked the school.

A e.

Attribution: Students feel a sense of 'class togetherness' because they are commonly labeled as seniors.

A f.

Prejudice and discrimination: Seniors draw away from their junior friends, even though they may have felt less close to their senior friends, during the competitive earlier part of the year.

A g.

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Diversity and ethnocentrism: Students feel that their class is better than other classes, out of ethnocentric senior pride.

A h.

Attraction and prosocial behavior: Students feel attracted to members of the class, because of class grouping.

What happened? Students on senior class had good time, bonded, and swore never to forget one another -- disbanded after graduation.

Was anyone harmed? No one, except for students who 'believed' promises of trip inclusiveness becoming long lasting.

Was there any abnormal behavior that warrants therapeutic intervention? No, unless students became abnormally depressed after end of trip, or anxious about leaving school.

Were there any cultural factors that limit or encourage group influence? Creation of class through tracking system of the high school.

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