Social Discussion Assignment

Social : The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another. The three key areas are:1. Social Thinking:A. Attributing Behavior to Person or SituationB. Attitudes and Actions2. Social InfluenceA. Conformity and ObedienceB. Group InfluenceC. The power of Individuals3. Social RelationsA. PrejudiceB. Social InequalitiesC. Cognitive Roots of PrejudiceD. AggressionThe three major theoretical perspectives/paradigms in sociology are:1. Symbolic Interaction-ism2. Functional Analysis (Also called functionalism and structural functionalism)3. Conflict TheoryImportant Note on Essay Paper!!! For this assignment, you are required to write a two-to-three-page paper on the key terms and definitions that we reviewed in class. There will be four areas for you to address. Each of the following four areas will be worth 25 points, for a total of 100 points.· These are the four questions with the four subareas that you are required to address. Each question and subareas are intended for you to reflect or think about how these definitions impact you individually.ESSAY PAPER 3 TO 4 PAGES1. When you think about the current political climate in the United States, and thinking about the pandemic that we are facing, how has attribution theory and fundamental attribution error impacted you in the following four areas?A. PersonalB. Loved One’sC. FamilyD. Friends2. Attitude is a belief and feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events. How does your attitude impact the following four areas of your life?A. PersonalB. Loved One’sC. FamilyD. Work / School3. Cognitive Dissonance Theory is the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitude. How does the cognitive dissonance theory relate to these four areas of your life?A. Dealing with Loved OnesB. Dealing with FamilyC. Dealing with WorkplaceD. Dealing with School4. Conformity is adjusting one’s behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. How does conformity impact the following area of your life?A. FamilyB. FriendsC. ChildrenD. ReligionSocial : Key Terms The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another.· Attribution theory – The theory that we tend to give a causal explanation for someone’s behavior, often by crediting either the situation or the person’s disposition· Fundamental attribution error – The tendency for observers, when analyzing an other’s behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition.· Attitude – A belief and feeling that predisposes one to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events· Cognitive dissonance theory – The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitude.· Conformity – Adjusting one’s behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard.· Social Loafing – The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable.· Groupthink – The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives.· Prejudice – An unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members. Prejudice generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action.· Stereotype – A generalized (sometimes accurate but often over generalized) belief about a group of people.· Just-World Phenomenon – The tendency of people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get.· Aggression – Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy.Ideas for the paperMy main stress right now is my financial status, since COVID-19 everything has been going downhill for me. It started with my husband losing his job and not being able to apply for other jobs. My husband is not able to apply for other jobs because our children’s school has also closed due to the virus and classes are fully online. So even if my husband didn’t lose his job, one of us would need to stay home, meaning one of us would have to resign, my husband’s job closing made that decision for us. I am a medical assistant and up to the most recent months I have been working in Brooklyn Methodist Hospital part time and I am also a full-time student. But I pick up more hours since I am the only source of income for my family. For the past year I have been working 52 hours a week and I am still managing to complete my school assignments, the long hours at work and the constant terrified feeling of contracting the virus and getting my children sick add more to my stress level.I stress over my father, he is a 76-year-old man and lives alone in Florida. His health has been deteriorating rapidly in the past year, he has a heart disease condition and just recently suffered a stroke, thankfully it was not so severe, but it did damage his speech, and he is also a diabetic with high blood pressure and the list goes on. I am in constant fear because I live so far away from my own father and I have my own family here in New York who depend on me. I cannot help him as much as he needs, and it makes me feel physically drained and I lose my appetite sometimes. I find myself crying either at home or at work because I feel so emotional to deal with the stress. I have noticed that my attitude towards other people varies, I talk to my co-workers in a sharp mean tone when responding to them or when I notice something is not being done correctly. I recognized that it is not professional in my part and I am sincerely working on managing my behavioral stress. I been starting to do more breathing exercises especially when I feel too overwhelmed. I simply inhale and say to myself that “I am calm”, exhaling and saying “I am strong” I repeat this technique which I learned from my PEA class, three times and it does give me the force I need to continue with my day