Question

Social influence

Assignment 8.b: Social Influence Field Assignment Due Friday, June 21, 2019, 11:55 PM Time remaining: 1 day For this assignment, you will be responsible for using social influence to change or affirm the view of young adults. There is much information in today's media regarding world leaders that classifies them as either "good" or "bad" depending on one's political views, the groupthink of those in your circles of influence, and the media reports you choose to read or watch. You should choose two different people (under the age of 25) for this Field Assignment and perform it without the other one watching (don't do this with two people at the same time or in the same room). One example would be a relative at a family gathering. Another would be a coworker, a friend's child, or a stranger in a public setting. We are choosing a young individual to see if their opinion can be changed through conforming or complying (Coon & Mitterer, Chapter 14.5). Show them these 3 pictures (please use these, pictures chosen for the similar facial expressions and no hints in background) of these world leaders below and ask them two questions: what is their name, and are they bad or good? The first person, make a neutral face during your questions and do not give them any feedback other than recording their answer. The second person, use strong facial expressions and persuasive statements such as, "Are you sure they are good? Have you heard about what they did this week? I don't think you know." You don't have to give specific details, just see if their opinion will waiver at all with your persuasion. You can also influence them towards an answer of a world leader being "good" if they choose a negative response: "Oh come on, they are so much better than what the media says! Think about all they have done for their county!" Kim Jong-un, Supreme Commander of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)

Answer 1

1- Most of the youths were aware of these faces because these leaders a very recognize political faces with great impact in world politics.

2- The field assignment is very important to find out real condition and views, this assignment was very good and helping to understand the political views of youths.

3- I asked the question with youth who were doing different activities like sports, cycling, riding, talking, etc. most of the responses were active when I ask the question about their views, they denied to answer but after the presentation of pictures, they showed interests to answer. The views of American youths to President Trump was not positive and they liked the macho image of President Putin while North Korean leader was a symbol of unsecured leader and some youth compared him with Nazi dictator Hitler.

4- The views of youths were very strong with definitive evidence while the persuasion used during the questioning somehow changed their views, when they didn’t get the satisfactory answer they said, “don’t know”.

5- Media always influenced our ideas and perspectives so that in this case, we can easily see the clear impact of media on American youths. The role of media is very crucial because youths show strong emotional attachment to media and social information collected from surroundings. The views of the youths were vivid and they supported leaders by their work and information collected from media but their views were not tilted towards the single side.