harvard sailing team: "men acting like women"

This video is not only really funny, but encompasses some of the things we talked about in class in regards to stereotypes. It pokes fun at relationships and but as the title describes it is a skit of "men acting like women," which adds in a comical aspect. Although the skit is supposed to be humorous it touches on insecurities regarding weight, which is something we discussed in class as well as exemplifies how people find comfort in surrounding themselves with those who think in a similar way that they do and are less likely to surround themselves with people who will disagree with them.

here is the link on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gspaoaecNAg


Paige Resnick
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Smaller rewards to reinforce a behavior

With the NBA Finals coming up, the Lakers appear to have some social psychologists on staff.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/-Thin-chested-Lakers-get-50-a-charge?urn=nba,245179

To boost the Lakers defense and get more players to take offensive charges, the Lakers are offering the players $50 incentives to take a charge. A charge can be often painful and not something a normal person would want to take considering how big other NBA players are. The $50 seems like little to nothing to these multi-million dollar players but as we have learned a small bonus would most likely lead to the greatest change in their behavior in wanting to take the charge. This will not for the money but by convincing them that they actually want to as discussed in the article.

Anthony Choi
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Benefits of Exercising!

Here is a more extensive list of the benefits of execising. Exercise can prevent illness by boosting the immune system, lowering "bad cholesterol", lowering blood pressure, etc.

http://www.healthyexerciseworld.com/benefit-cardiovascular-exercise.html

Kathleen Kiang
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Bystander Effect in Action

This illustrates the Bystander Effect we learned in class. A girl is obviously being abducted, yet people just walked on by not wanting to get involved. We learned that this occurs because when there are other people around, it makes people feel less responsible and will be less likely to help.




Kathleen Kiang
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Coginitive Dissonace

In Gossip Girl, a character, Blair Waldorf is so worried about her self-image that she hires prostitutes to come to the fashion show she is hosting. In doing so, she is making sure that she will be viewed as popular among her friends. Although, this idea of "buying friends" is more present in cognitive dissonance among Eastern cultures, it was still interesting to see it play out in this show. Unfortunately, after searching I was not able to find a clip online displaying only this scene.

Name: Sarah Simpson

Altruism: Negative State Relief Model

Name: Sarah Simpson

In the lecture on Altruism last week, the TV series "My Name is Earl" came to my mind. In the series, each episode is about the character, Earl, trying to achieve a set goal for a good deed to fix what he has done wrong. I thought that this could apply with the negative state relief model we learned about in lecture. To feel good about himself again, Earl is inclined to do good deeds for others. This post isn't as interesting because I could not find a short clip applying this concept because the entire series is made up of it, but it is a funny show if you guys want to look into it.

True Alturism??

In this Office clip Andy and Dwight are exchanging favors and neither wants to "owe" the other a favor. NORM OF RECIPROCITY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l8a9yzRzdI



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