In life people have to deal with all sorts of situations big and small. Social psychology has broken down how we deal with those situations into six dyads that are meant to show how we deal with the situations that we confront (Kenrick, D., Neuberg, S., Cialdini R. 2007).
The first dyad is that different persons respond differently to the same situation (Kenrick, D., Neuberg, S., Cialdini R. 2007). For an example, let us say that an experiment in which a social scientist is trying to find out how people from differing cultural backgrounds react to eating meat. One person might choose to eat the meat and have no problems with doing so. The other person might choose not to because he or she has a religious or cultural issue with eating meat. In this case, both people are presented with the same situation but because of cultural differences the response from each of them is different even though they are facing the same situation, eating a plate of meat. If I were a supervisor in this situation I would try to find something in the situation presenting itself that both people could connect to. If a person can connect to some aspect of a situation they are more likely to pursue any goal the situation presents more vigorously. In my own decision making if I saw a situation in which people responded differently in the same situation I would analyze what the situation was and take action based on what I perceived. For example, if I saw two workers with a job to do, presented with the same situation, and one was working while the other stood by and watched I might address the one not participating in order to get him involved in the project. The next dyad we will discuss is when the situation chooses the person. In this dyad the situation chooses the individual based on what that individual brings to the situation (Kenrick, D., Neuberg, S., Cialdini R. 2007). For example, when someone goes in for a job interview ultimately that person needs to work to fit the expectations of the employer in order to be hired. If hired that situation, or job, has chosen them to fill a role within that organization. As a supervisor I could use this dyad as a way to motivate my employees through reward. The situation I create might be an opportunity for promotion or extra vacation time. The reward would then be given to the person whose actions best fit the situation or completed the task at hand the best. In this case my decision would be to create a situation that would provide some type of reward to my employees in order to get more out of them. The third dyad is persons choose the situation. In this case the person is presented with the opportunity to choose the situation that best fits how they want things to go (Kenrick, D., Neuberg, S., Cialdini R. 2007). If they want to party for example, they will choose a fast paced nightclub over a quiet coffee house for their evening activities. If I were a supervisor in …show more content…
This would increase motivation in the individuals I was tasked with supervising. I would try to make the decision that best fit the wants and needs of the individual I wanted to deal with. I would try to make the situation I was presenting look like the best possible choice for the individual.
The fourth dyad involves how different situations can prime different parts of an individual. In this case a particular situation such as a football game might prime someone’s competitive spirit while at the same time a movie about a couple in love might prime that persons feelings towards their significant other (Kenrick, D., Neuberg, S., Cialdini R. 2007).
If I were a supervisor in this kind of a situation I would try to prime the characteristics in each individual that I wanted to use. For example if I wanted to get someone to complete a task that I knew took pride in completing hard physical tasks I would attempt to prime that pride characteristic when these types of jobs presented themselves. The decision I would make would attempt to prime the characteristic I needed in order to complete the task that needed to be
The first dyad is that different persons respond differently to the same situation (Kenrick, D., Neuberg, S., Cialdini R. 2007). For an example, let us say that an experiment in which a social scientist is trying to find out how people from differing cultural backgrounds react to eating meat. One person might choose to eat the meat and have no problems with doing so. The other person might choose not to because he or she has a religious or cultural issue with eating meat. In this case, both people are presented with the same situation but because of cultural differences the response from each of them is different even though they are facing the same situation, eating a plate of meat. If I were a supervisor in this situation I would try to find something in the situation presenting itself that both people could connect to. If a person can connect to some aspect of a situation they are more likely to pursue any goal the situation presents more vigorously. In my own decision making if I saw a situation in which people responded differently in the same situation I would analyze what the situation was and take action based on what I perceived. For example, if I saw two workers with a job to do, presented with the same situation, and one was working while the other stood by and watched I might address the one not participating in order to get him involved in the project. The next dyad we will discuss is when the situation chooses the person. In this dyad the situation chooses the individual based on what that individual brings to the situation (Kenrick, D., Neuberg, S., Cialdini R. 2007). For example, when someone goes in for a job interview ultimately that person needs to work to fit the expectations of the employer in order to be hired. If hired that situation, or job, has chosen them to fill a role within that organization. As a supervisor I could use this dyad as a way to motivate my employees through reward. The situation I create might be an opportunity for promotion or extra vacation time. The reward would then be given to the person whose actions best fit the situation or completed the task at hand the best. In this case my decision would be to create a situation that would provide some type of reward to my employees in order to get more out of them. The third dyad is persons choose the situation. In this case the person is presented with the opportunity to choose the situation that best fits how they want things to go (Kenrick, D., Neuberg, S., Cialdini R. 2007). If they want to party for example, they will choose a fast paced nightclub over a quiet coffee house for their evening activities. If I were a supervisor in …show more content…
This would increase motivation in the individuals I was tasked with supervising. I would try to make the decision that best fit the wants and needs of the individual I wanted to deal with. I would try to make the situation I was presenting look like the best possible choice for the individual.
The fourth dyad involves how different situations can prime different parts of an individual. In this case a particular situation such as a football game might prime someone’s competitive spirit while at the same time a movie about a couple in love might prime that persons feelings towards their significant other (Kenrick, D., Neuberg, S., Cialdini R. 2007).
If I were a supervisor in this kind of a situation I would try to prime the characteristics in each individual that I wanted to use. For example if I wanted to get someone to complete a task that I knew took pride in completing hard physical tasks I would attempt to prime that pride characteristic when these types of jobs presented themselves. The decision I would make would attempt to prime the characteristic I needed in order to complete the task that needed to be