PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

SOCIAL THEORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did Drury test the role of SIT in helping behaviour?
A
He used virtual reality to carry out an experiment.
B
He carried out a naturalistic observation.
C
He carried out a field experiment.
D
He carried out a quasi-experiment.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -how did Drury test the role of SIT in helping behaviour? He used virtual reality to carry out an experiment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Social categorization is a theory that attempts to explain how people are separated into groups based on visible characteristics, for example, race, ethnicity, gender.

Detailed explanation-3: -Social identity theory proposed by Tajfel and Turner (1986) suggests that individuals experience collective identity based on their membership in a group, such as racial/ethnic and gender identities.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term ‘Conformity’ is often defined as: An action that is the succumbing of a person towards a group of people’, consequently conformity is often explained as a result of group pressure, founded from the feeling of rejection or acceptance; shown within Normative Social identity Theory.

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