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I need assistance in writing a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you examine fundamental concepts of human interaction from the perspective of social psychology.
Describe at least two examples of how human behavior changes based on social situations. In your description be sure to address the following:
a. Describe the specific behaviors. (Maybe using drugs and drinking alcohol)
b. Describe the context in which the behaviors occurred.
c. Using social psychology concepts, provide an analysis of possible precursors and consequences of the behaviors.
d. Identify any associated phenomenon with your selected behaviors, such as social facilitation, social loafing, or groupthink.

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Describe at least two examples of how human behavior changes based on social situations. In your description be sure to address the following:
Describe the specific behaviors. (Maybe using drugs and drinking alcohol)
Describe the context in which the behaviors occurred.
Using social psychology concepts, provide an analysis of possible precursors and consequences of the behaviors.
Identify any associated phenomenon with your selected behaviors, such as social facilitation, social loafing, or groupthink.

One of my favorites, one that I have studied in depth, is ideological conformism among university professors. Several groups have been formed to fight this well known and easily identified phenomenon. Two of the most preeminent are the National Association of Scholars and the American Association of University Professors.
The empirical data, regardless of method, generally remains the same. In a huge survey of state and private US universities, University of California at Los Angeles Higher Education Research Institute provided these numbers in their surveys of professorial attitudes: in state universities, 14% of professors referred to themselves as "far left," meaning some form of state socialism. 53% described themselves as "leftist." 25% as "centrist," thought that is relative to the university atmosphere, and about 9% referred to themselves as conservative, which also includes libertarian. The far right had no adherents (or the 0.3% falls well into the margin of error).
Examples of the overwhelming dominance of liberalism is easy to verify empirically. Neil Gross of the University of British Columbia writes in his latest empirical study of liberal-controlled academia: "The theory we advance ... holds that the liberalism of professors is a function not primarily of class relations, but rather of the systematic sorting of young adults who are already liberally or conservatively inclined into and out of the academic professions." Their empirical research deals with hundreds of major universities in the US. "We argue that the professoriate, along with a number of other knowledge work fields, has been 'politically typed' as appropriate and welcoming of people with broadly liberal sensibilities, and as inappropriate for conservatives." The psychological point here is that since universities promote leftist political overwhelmingly, ...

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