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Dippong
SOCY 2161
11 June 2016
overall topic on social influence and persuasion is quite interesting because I encounter varying
message content on a daily basis. Discrepant messages are ones that I tend to find, usually on social
media, because I unintentionally look for positions that do not reaffirm what I already believe. Ill
read ones that agree with my views, but Ill remember and am more drawn to ones that completely
differ, especially on topics that I do not know much about or are very debatable such as politics.
When reading about the political race on Facebook, I feel easily persuaded because I am not
passionate about any side. I read the pros and cons of both sides and form an opinion from their
opinions, but it is easier to dismiss these posts with high discrepancy if from a low credible source
like a random Facebook post; thus, I am personally left with scattered opinions about each
candidate unless I receive information from a highly credible source. To me, on another example,
a source with high credibility would be a well-known dancer. If I take a ballet class and feel
dedicated to the Cecchetti method, but a former dancer that I respect comes into the room and
teaches the Balanchine method, Id more than likely accept their differing point of view. Message
content can have emotional appeals, and I find it unfortunate that people will change their attitudes
based on fear. I would think that the solution or ways to cope with the induced fear that the
messages bring about would be the reason that people change their minds. However, the fear is the
reason because they may feel threatened or may believe they will have consequences for not
changing. Of course, too much fear may not cause attitude change, and Ive seen people come off
as pushy or too passionate about their side that it becomes overwhelming. When in middle school,
I watched videos about the treatment of animals which were gruesome and fear-inducing. I
switched my attitudes about animal rights and meat-eating quickly because I felt guilty about
eating animal products. As a pre-teen and teen, I would pass on too much information to others; I
learned as I grew older and with much research to not scare others too much but to tell them what
happens in the food industry (fear) and how to adopt a vegan lifestyle (solution). I never thought
about this process as a product of fear because I hoped the positive solution would be the reason
The productivity and performance in chapter elevens overall topic on group structure and
in school because people want to perform better when in the presence of other competitors. In
dance classes we have to perform in front of each other daily. When at barre we are all focused on
ourselves and correcting our own technique, but when in centre, we are split into groups and tend
to watch and judge the others who are performing. This makes me more nervous and more inclined
to do my best, but I will see others shy away due to the presence of staring classmates. The book
states that an audience is bad for a beginner and good for a well-practiced performer. My first few
times on stage was frightening, and, with more experience in high school and college, I am now
able to perform at my best instead of hide. Instead of performing better for oneself and to look
better in general, there have been times in a class like improvisation where people perform better
just to top anothers performance. In lecture classes with group work, the size of the group
definitely matters. The research paper I had to write my freshman year with five members was an
additive task, and each persons contributions declined as time went on. A peer and I first
contributed much research, but, as we saw the little effort from other members being accepted, we
were involved in social loafing or motivation loss; we could have worked individually on the task
and could have performed better. Disjunctive and conjunctive tasks, where either the strongest or
weakest performance is considered when judging the groups output, are tasks that I did not really
know about. A dance performance would be disjunctive because members would depend on the
one with the most energy and best technique; others will attempt to reach or surpass this performer,
and one weak performer that doesnt know the combination or correct technique could bring the
group down.