Social Psych in School :D

 

Reciprocity norm: This is the social rule that explains how people often will return acts of kindness or favors. In school, if a person helped someone with a concept they were struggling with, it'd be more likely for that person to receive help when they are later having trouble with a lesson themselves. Students in school often help each other out when it comes to understanding, thus normalizing the reciprocity behavior. 

Social facilitation: This is a phenomenon where people show increased levels of effort or performance when in the presence of others. In school, many kids often feel pressured to do well on their exams in order to avoid ridicule or embarrassment when compared to their friends who often get exemplary scores. Therefore, the social facilitation of school enforces the students to study and try their best on exams. 

 Group polarization: This occurs when people tend to adopt more extreme views after being placed in a group setting. During school, we often have group discussions that either lead us to either change our mind to conform to the majority or differentiate our opinions in order to try and persuade the group to change their views. 

Compliance: This example of students helping each other do homework shows compliance as the kids who understand the topic are willing to help those who are struggling, thus changing their behaviors to conform to the tutee's needs. 

 Obedience: Obedience in schools can be seen through acts such as pledging allegiance, taking down notes, following teacher's directions, etc. These real world examples explain obedience as these are all a form of social influence that is elicited in response to a direct order or command, thus conforming to social behaviors.