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Apply Psychological Concepts to Facilitate Social Service Practice Name: Institution: Apply Psychological Concepts to Facilitate Social Service Practice Definition ‘Personality Traits’ and ‘Social Influence’ It is possible to recognize and measure the individual differences in emotions as well as behavior in early human ontogeny by the first few months of life. Therefore, personality traits can be defined as the relatively enduring patterns of thoughts, feelings, as well as behaviors that differentiate individuals from others. Social influence, on the other hand, refers to the shifts in a person’s thoughts, feelings, attitudes and behaviors that may result from interaction with another individual or group. According to many social service professionals and counselors, the power of personality traits is often superior as compared to the power of social influence. However, a social psychologist, Stanley Milgram asserts that social influence sometimes plays a significant role in controlling the outcomes of a person’s behavior. The Experiment on Obedience by Milgram and the Findings Milgram’s work on obedience to authority is often regarded as controversial. Milgram reported from various studies conducted at Yale University. Pairs of participants were given the responsibilities of teacher and learner for the simple learning test. According to Milgram, the teacher was to administer electric shocks to the student every time a wrong answer was provided while increasing the intensity each time despite the learner having a heart condition. Interestingly, the apparatus were arranged in a way that the learner could get shocks. However, the teacher was not
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