Reflection on Self vs. Identity, Prejudice vs. Discrimination, Attraction vs. Close Relations

Last name 1
Title
Name
Institutional Affiliation

Last name 2
CONTENTS
1- REFLECTION...............................................................................................................................3
Reflection on Self vs. Identity...........................................................................................................3
Reflection on Prejudice vs. Discrimination.......................................................................................3
Reflection on Attraction vs. Close Relations.....................................................................................4
2- IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND SUBTOPIC.............................................................................5
2a – Self vs. Identity..........................................................................................................................5
Self- Real Self vs. Idealize Self.....................................................................................................5
Identity- Labelling Theory.............................................................................................................5
2b – Prejudice vs. Discrimination......................................................................................................5
Prejudice- Intergroup Contact Theory...........................................................................................5
Discrimination- The Social and Political Discriminatory Settlement.............................................5
2c – Attraction vs. Close Relations....................................................................................................5
Attraction- Social Theory of Attraction.........................................................................................5
Close Relations- Foundation of Interpersonal Relations................................................................6
3- UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SCHOLARLY WRITING................6

Last name 3
1- REFLECTION
Reflection on Self vs. Identity
The self is the image of one own self in his or her own thinking. It describes how one
perceived his own self. The social cognitive self-theory relates the observation and judgment
of human behaviour with one's own standardised and accepted domain of human behaviour
(Griffin et al., 2015). It regulates the self reaction towards a specific event. It modifies self-
action and assists the self-regulation and directiveness of a person.
On the other hand, identity is the presence of similar traits as of the other community
fellows. Identity assists to recognise the sense of belonging and connection with a specific
society, ethnic group, class, or tribe. The communication theory of identity describes the
labelling of inter and intragroup communication. The intra and interethnic communication
affect the development of the identity of a person in that particular ethnic group.
Reflection on Prejudice vs. Discrimination
The issues of prejudice and discrimination come to the surface in the out-group
interaction, communication, and intermingling in social activities (Griffin et al., 2015). A
number of social psychological researchers have been working to understand the prejudiced
nature of human being. Researchers proposed that the prejudiced nature surfaces when a
person interacts with the people of different ethnic background, race, colour, and creed. The
interact group theory describes the contact hypothesis presented by the researcher of the book
“the nature of prejudice”. This research work states about how positive attitudes and outlook
can be shaped when interacting with an out-group. The prejudice and conflict of attitudes will
remain, but the knowledge of positive outcomes to avoid discrimination can be done via
research in the field of social psychology more deeply. It will assist the social psychological
researchers to understand the effects of society on human behaviours in a more systematic
manner and turn to modify that for the progress of human beings.
On the other hand, people face discrimination on various accounts. For example; force
migrations, situational migration due to natural disaster, or discrimination among the labour,