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Therefore, the person who chooses to suspend his interests to comply with those artificial externally-imposed social values for the benefit of others will ultimately always suffer disadvantage because others cannot be counted upon to do so consistently and in a meaningful way, at least not beyond the ability of the state to control and ensure.
To Freud, modern civilization provides various tangible benefits to the individual but only at a tremendous cost. While living in society and with the benefits of government protection against the uncontrolled expression of the selfish will of others is a benefit, the fact that our goals and values, and the component elements of our psychological personas are determined and shaped to such a great extent by external society generates much if not all of the psychological pain and trauma experienced by individuals.
Personal Response and Conclusion
There is substantial value as well as inherent weaknesses in both positions articulated by Mill and by Freud. Of particular value is Mill's view that the most important function of modern society and of its political and government institutions is to protect individuals from potential harms caused to them by others without justification. That is a notion that is perfectly consistent with personal autonomy because, in principle, it regards the rights and freedoms of every...
While Mill's analysis might have failed in its attempt to fully define the objective principles by which specific concepts or limitations might be defined objectively, it fully supports the underlying premise that individuals are much better off living in civilized societies than they would ne fending for themselves in the wild.
Freud's position also has tremendous value, particularly in the recognition of external social values as precipitators of some of the psychological strains experienced by many individuals. Conversely, Freud's view of the relative uselessness of the Golden Rule may be less helpful, partly because it assumes that the rule cannot be enforced equitably by modern social institutions. In that respect, Freud's analysis might fail, mainly because it presumes that in order for the individual to reap greater benefit from living in society than its corresponding psychological price, the Golden Rule must be completely internalized. Mill would argue, successfully, that it is unnecessary for every individual to love every other individual, provided that social and government institutions can sufficiently guarantee equal protection to all from the degree to which they may not genuinely love one another in their hearts and minds.
The very notion that romantic and other social relationships may affect the cognitive development in infants from the beginnings of their life suggest parents should take courses or classes in social relationships skills more so than parenting or well baby classes to ensure their babies mature cognitively and not just physically. 4. An important environmental impact on the health of individuals from a social psychology perspective is the environment of
With the appropriate controls of variables, the research showed that the recidivism rate of those offenders who got deterrent sentences like 30 months and above, recorded a 29% recidivism rate as compared to those who had relatively shorter terms who had 26% recidivism rates. Proposed herein is the consistency in the punishment handed and not the use of deterrent theory to hand down long sentences or even worse death
Social Psychology Statement of the learner intends to research What I would like to be informed about regarding social psychology is all the ways and applications in which this concept can be understood and applied. Not just in scholarly situations but in every-day activities, among friends, at work, or in social situation. Having a good understanding of any aspect of psychology for a student (or any alert person) in these times is
They deal with both short-term and long-term disorders and everything from childhood problems to schizophrenia. Where social psychology may deal with the influences of advertising on various groups of people, clinical psychology might focus on the emotional disorder an individual has from being overwhelmed by our society today including that 24-hour a day advertising that makes him crazy along with other stresses. General Psychology General psychology is the study of the
Thus, this aspect can multiply into many sub-genres that focus on one or more aspects of the social world as they contribute to influencing behaviors and innate thought processes. Focusing on the social means looking for more abstract concepts that relate to existence within a social world. Actually trying to predict later success in publication, "Predicting the future success of junior scholars is of great concern to academic hiring
Social Psychology: Examining the Principles of Persuasion Influencing Group Behavior Introduction & Outline of the Research Evaluation Concepts of Social Psychology Attitudes and Persuasion Social Identity Theory Social Influences Cultural and Gender Influences Social Psychology: Examining the Principles of Persuasion Influencing Group Behavior Introduction & Outline of the Essay Social psychology deals with different aspects of social life and social behavior. People not only have feelings and opinions about nearly everything they come into contact with, but the argument has