PSY 510 psy510_exemplar_one.docx -SNHU

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PSY 510 psy510_exemplar_one.docx -SNHU

The study of psychology revolves around behavior and thought processes. In their experiments, researchers set out to test the questions of how and what in an effort to understand why a person behaves in a certain manner. Attitudes and predispositions may cause someone to act in a certain way towards another. Social situations may also play a role in behavior, specifically in the workplace. When on the clock, do people behave differently than they do at a bar or at home? For example, a driver may become upset while behind the wheel and yell profanities at another driver (I admit I have been guilty of this myself).

PSY 510 psy510_exemplar_one.docx -SNHU

However, would that same driver say the same things to a customer that upsets them at his/her job? The answer here is most likely “no” because it would not be appropriate. There has been research conducted on many aspects that tie into behavior in different situations, literature that includes such topics as work and family conflict, generational differences in the workplace, prejudgment, personality conflict, teamwork, and more. Together, such articles of research provide an excellent background, and cohesive argument, for a noticeable difference in workplace behavior as opposed to other social situations.

PSY 510 psy510_exemplar_one.docx -SNHU

As will shortly be explained, it all begins at a young age as children learn to accept others, and progresses as they grow. Dishion, Kim, O’Neill, and Stormshak (2014) examined the concept of social acceptance, using a sample of 998 middle school students and their families. They hypothesized that a correlation would be visible between the two variables of peer affiliation and the aforementioned acceptance. A second hypothesis was that this relationship would also be prevalent in the parents of each child studied. Self-report studies were used as the students were studied longitudinally. Results did show an overall correlation between peer affiliation and social acceptance (PASA). The biggest limitation of this study was that the PASA only measured four criteria.

PSY 510 psy510_exemplar_one.docx -SNHU

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