Acknowledging that social influence is complex and multifaceted, this article introduces a new theory to account for the complex relationships among the manifestations of social influence. The new theory, which is called the theory of social influence, theorizes the relationships between social ...
Social Cognitive Predictors of African American Adolescents' Career Interests This study examined the influence of social cognitive variables on African American adolescents' interest in environmental science. The sample consisted of... JL Quimby,JL Wolfson,ND Seyala - 《Journal of Career Development》 ...
. This chapter reviews theoretical and empirical work bearing on how and when emotions or feelings from social exchange affect the development and strength of social relations and groups. The research underlying this chapter has been supported by four NSF grants over the past 12 years, and the ...
From this insight, we articulate predictions about how power affects (a) social comparison, (b) susceptibility to influence, (c) mental state inference and responsiveness, and (d) emotions. We then explain how high-power individuals' greater experienced social distance leads them to engage in ...
People constantly evaluate themselves, and others, in domains like attractiveness, wealth, intelligence, and success. According to some studies, as much as 10 percent of our thoughts involve comparisons of some kind. Social comparison theory is the idea
For preventing the spread of epidemics such as the coronavirus disease COVID-19, social distancing and the isolation of infected persons are crucial. However, existing reaction-diffusion equations for epidemic spreading are incapable of describing these
This theory describes social impact in terms of social force fields that impinge upon us, pushing us to think or behave in a particular way. These social forces have been equated to physical forces that govern the transmissionof light, sound, gravity, magnetism, etc. For example, the amount ...
Why is law important in social work practice? What is the importance of environmental sociology? What is the difference between structural functionalism and social conflict theory? What is the importance of social solidarity for Durkheim? In what ways did it influence his thinking on labor, relig...
Towards a New Theory of Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries There have long been conflicting expectations of the nature of companies' responsibilities to society. Some businesses have been practising what might be termed "Corporate Social Responsibility" (CSR) focusing on corporate imag...
Socialism was a direct response to the Industrial Revolution, which brought enormous economic and social change to Great Britain and the rest of the world. As industrialists grew wealthy on the labor of workers who increasingly lived in poverty, socialism emerged as an alternative to capitalism, ...