BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie

certain emotions, though about different objects. For example an irritable
person is generally disposed to feel irritation more easily or quickly than
others do.
Social influences
Humans are social creatures. There is a fundamental human need
to belong to social groups, because survival and prosperity is more likely if
we live and work together. However, to live together, we need to agree on
common beliefs, values, attitudes and behaviors that reduce in-group
threats act for the common good. These biliefs, valuies and principles are
expresed in social tradition, laws, ethical codes and delivered among
humans by the mean of diferent social sistem: educational system, juridical
sistem, massmedia system etc. Society influence the behavior of its
members in many ways. It pass laws through its governmental institutions,
creating severe punishments for particular antisocial behaviors. It develop
a strong desire for ethics and morals, through its religious institutions as
well as secular education (begining with it elimentary or family level end
ending with highest institutional level ) and tradition (seen as an ansambe
of rituals that pressure people to behave in a predictable fashion and that
why seen as source of social stability).
As we grow and develop in society, we internalize the values of
the society around us by making these our own. The process through
which society influences individuals to internalize values (attitudes and
expectations) is called socialization. Individuals do not automatically
absorb, but gradually accept cultural attitudes and roles. The individual is
often unaware of his acceptance of these socially derived roles, roles are
often accepted unconsciously. This is usually accomplished through the
imitation of role models. We learn to conform to rules of other people.
And the more we see others behaving in a certain way or making particular
decisions, the more we feel obliged to follow suit.
When a person in a society or group does not conform to the rules
of society or group, then they may be considered a deviant and both
private and public advice may be given to them on how to fit in. If they
still do not obey norms, they will be marginalized (punished) by society or
will be ejected and membership of the group revoked.
A form of deviant behavior is criminal behavior. Generally social
influence is defined as change in an individual’s thoughts, feelings,
attitudes, or behaviors that results from interaction with another individual
or a group. Particularly when we discuss about concrete type of behavior
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