Tan, Zandriex Rae V.

GEED 10023 – Understanding the Self

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Activity

1. Peer groups are extremely important for socialization, especially in early infancy and

adolescence. It's a collection of people who have similar characteristics including age, sex,

status, and interests. Peer groups are often made up of friends from school, the park, and

the street. It is where the majority of people learn new skills and behaviors. Peer groups

allow youngsters to engage and form relationships without the supervision of adults. Peer

groups have the ability to affect people throughout their lives, especially during the

adolescent era. It is where most youngsters go to search for things other than their family.

It's similar to collective representations, in which youth are governed by society while also

being controlled by that individual's engagement in society. Individuals can be influenced

by peer groups in terms of dress, music, sports, and even the way they speak.

2. A self-fulfilling prophesy is a process in which a false expectation is verified by the events

that occur. When an individual's expectations about another person or thing are

subsequently verified by that person or entity's behavior, it is called a self-fulfilling

prophecy. The Great Depression's bank failures are a classic example of a self-fulfilling

prophecy. Even the most financially solid institutions have been brought to their knees by

bank runs. Depositors would often panic and hurry to withdraw their money before the

bank's cash ran out if a false rumor circulated that the bank was insolvent (unable to cover

its deposits). When the bank's assets could no longer pay all of the withdrawals, it declared
 bankruptcy. As a result, a hitherto incorrect belief came to fruition. The study of self-

fulfilling prophesies is crucial to understanding intergroup relations. Incorrect social

preconceptions may lead to their own fulfillment under the proper (or incorrect)

circumstances. Members of groups classified as more intelligent, competent, or lovable,

for example, can become more intelligent, competent, or likable than members of groups

regarded as less intelligent, competent, or likable, due to the operation of self-fulfilling

prophesies. Self-fulfilling prophesies, in this case, may contribute to the perpetuation of

stereotypes as well as the group disparities and inequities that give birth to stereotypes.

However, such processes are restricted, and the amount to which they contribute to group

disparities and inequities is a hotly debated topic.

3. Role strain is founded on the concept of role theory, which states that our responsibilities

impact our social relationships. While various scholars define roles differently, one way to

conceive of them is as a "script" that governs our actions in a given context. Each of us has

many roles (student, friend, employee, etc.) that we play, and we may act differently

depending on which position is most important at the time. For instance, you'd probably

act differently at work than with friends since each function (employee vs. buddy)

necessitates a particular set of behaviors.

Trying to fulfill various responsibilities can lead to role strain, which sociologist

William Goode defines as "the felt difficulty in satisfying role commitments." Because we

regularly find ourselves in a number of social positions, Goode suggests that experiencing

role strain is natural and common. People engage in a number of trade-offs and bargaining

procedures in order to meet these role expectations, according to Goode, in which they

endeavor to perform their duties in the most optimum way possible. These trade-offs are
based on a variety of factors, including how important it is to us to fulfill society's

expectations for us in the role (our level of "norm commitment"), how we believe the other

person involved will react if we don't fulfill a role, and more generalized societal pressures

to fulfill certain roles.

In our daily lives, we all have different tasks and duties. As a student, I've

experienced role strain on occasion, particularly when I'm having difficulties meeting the

expectations of an honor student and keeping up with the work that goes along with it.

Being a student and a big sister in the family come with distinct obligations, and juggling

both might be difficult at times. I'm dealing with a role conflict. Role strain differs from

role conflict in that role strain happens when a person struggles to satisfy the obligations

of a certain position in life. Role conflict, on the other hand, is a tension that arises when a

person is faced with several roles and positions in life. The best way to tackle this difficulty

is to think that I can achieve the honor student's standards while managing my duties and

obligations as a student and big sister. Also, if things get out of hand, to beg for assistance.
Assessment

1. Lewis Morgan

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3. Self-Efficacy

4. Collective Representation

5. Generalized Others