social psychology irl

 I absolutely love cats. But I also really like socializing and talking with my friend. But even better is volunteering at a cat cafe with my friends.

That is a particular situation, but all of this will broaden further into socialization(and will also narrow down to the psychology of this wacky situation.

Compliance is behaving in response to a request from another person/group. How compliance would be put into this situation would be that I am very playful with the cats, and then my friend would ask me to make them go to their food bowl. My behavior would change from a playful, happy mood to a persistent attitude. 

Obedience is a form of social influence elicited in response to direct orders from an authority figure. An example would be that the owner of the cat cafe will ask me and my friends to teach the cats tricks. Since it's the owner, my friends and I will obey what the owner asks us to do and teach the cat tricks. 

Social Facilitation is when a person becomes energized by having an audience and performs better. When I am finished teaching the cat tricks, I struggle to do them well by myself. However, I performed the tricks in front of my friends, and I do better than the times I practice w/ myself.

Group Polarization is the tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclination of their members. For instance, it feels much riskier to start a cat revolution that my friends and I are involved in rather than me only doing the revolution.

And finally, the reciprocity norm is the social standard that people who help others will receive equivalent benefits from them in return. If I drop the cat food on the floor, my friend will help me pick it up and I will thank them.

That is all for now. Thank you for coming to my cat-filled ted talk.