social relationships

• Social Influence

  how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviour respond to our social world
• Two Types of Expectations

  1. Implicit Expectations
  2. Explicit Expectations
• Implicit Expectations

  Conformity- voluntarily changr your behaviour to imitate peers
• Implicit Expectations

  Social Roles- expectations from a group on how people are supposed to look and behave
• Explict Expectations

  Compliance- response to a direct or indirect request; no threat of punishment
• Explicit Expectations

  Obedience- behave in a particular way because someone of a higher status has ordered you to do so; accompanied by social punishment
• Culture is learned and socially shared
• Role Models

  by getting involved in community activities, you can come contact with like-minded peers and positive adult role models
• Identity and Connection

  young people are busy working out who they are and where they fit in the world
• Skills

  volunteer work or community activities are great oppurtunities to show initiative and develop skills to get a job
• Lewin's Leadership Styles
• Leadership Styles

  1. Autocratic Leaders
  2. Democratic Leaders
  3. Laissez-Faire Leaders
• Autocratic Leaders

  make all the decisions themselves
• Democratic Leaders

  take an active role in decision making but also involve thers
• Laissez-Faire Leaders

  little involvement in decision making, leaving everything up to the group
• Difference between Social and Personal Relationship?

  • degree of intimacy and vulnerability we offer
• Social Relationships

  we cooperate with other in order to achieve a common objective
• Community Activities and Civic Responsibility

  • doing things in our community because we want to give back to our communities, or help others