EDUCATION UGC NET
MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
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Question
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S-curve hypothesis
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V-curve hypothesis
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U-curve hypothesis
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J-curve hypothesis
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -By Gordon Allport’s classic definition, social psychology is the scientific attempt to understand and explain how the thought, feeling, and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others (Allport 1954).
Detailed explanation-2: -Floyd Allport is considered a founder of experimental social psychology, in part for his theoretical rigor and emphasis on measurement, and in part for his popular 1924 textbook Social Psychology, which went through 13 editions over the ensuing 50 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -Harvard psychologist Herbert Kelman identified three major types of conformity: compliance, identification, and internalization. Compliance is public conformity, while possibly keeping one’s own original beliefs independent.