Social Psychology Final Project: Interview Analysis and Report

This social psychology project delves into the analysis of interview data to explore the impact of social influence on individuals within a society. The project examines themes such as social hierarchy, obedience, compliance, cognitive dissonance, social stratification, and class conflict. The analysis includes an examination of how individuals perceive their society, their experiences with education, and the challenges they face. The project investigates the interplay between shared social identity and the power of authoritative demands, drawing on concepts from social psychology. The thematic analysis reveals key sub-themes including inequality, accessibility of resources, attitude differences, conformity, and social disparity within educational settings. The project seeks to understand how these factors shape individual behaviors, attitudes, and self-identification within a community, and how social influence affects these elements. The research questions are aimed at exploring how obedience and compliance in response to authoritative demands can be overruled by shared social identity.

Participant 1 Interview
Question 1: How would speak of the society that you live in?
Response: ‘I feel the society that I live in, is very deprived but
jovial in its own ways. We are one as a family and like to celebrate
small things together. The society is firm but not very. We live in
an industrial society where the people are very laborious and
supportive with each other.’
Question 2: How do you feel about the residence you have been
born and bought up?
Response – ‘I live in outskirts of the city where too many houses
are located very close to each other and personally, I feel very
congested at times for I cannot listen to my own music, watch my
own television peacefully as because other people are doing the
exact same thing at the same time and I can almost hear everythi
all the time. My parents worked in the same factory and they got
married, out of love and they bought me up with the same
affection and care.’
Question 3: What would happen if you grow up in a different
part of the city?
Response – ‘I believe the other parts of the city, the children and
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..My society is deprived
..Loving, caring and affectionate
..We live in industrial society
..making stronger union
..lack of privacy in my society
..Loving, caring and affectionate
..They have more accesibility to resources

the adults are very rich and they live a far prestigious life than us.
believe the other parts of the city are more privileged and people
are more happy and aristocratic there – I have seen their dresses
and lifestyles. May be if I was born there – I would have been rich
and led a lavish life but I believe they are very arrogant for they d
not treat us well and look down upon us. ’
Question 4: How is the scenario of the college you are
currently attending?
Response – ‘In the college, the teachers force the students with
studies of their own choice and the way of learning that they feel
right. The culture of the college is very teacher centric and we are
made to live a life that is decided by them. The culture of the
community college that I am attending is mixed for it has mostly
students from lower middle class families and upper middle class
families. I do not understand why these upper class people join ou
college when they do not know how to respect people.’
Question 5: What do you support and do not support in
college?
Response – ‘I support the free spirit of the fellow mates who wants
to rebel against the irrational norms of the society. I do not suppo
the mindset of the professors who believe in teaching in a
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..They have more accesibility to resources
..They have more accesibility to resources
..They do not have humandity and compassion for others
..we are treated with ill manner in their society
..system is teacher centric instead of student centric
..society stringent with different class
..do not like people from upper class join our college
..study allows us to join efforts
..system is teacher centric instead of student centric

monotonous and one dimensional way with all the students. I
support the support the charity groups and ‘social help groups’ tha
we the students from same background arranges and I do not
support the disparity that exists between students and between th
students and the mean professors. I support the student union tha
we have in our college and I do not like the grading system for
mostly all the teachers are very biased and partial to some
students.’
Question 6: How do you feel is the exact nature of the
problem?
Response – ‘Looking at both the conflict scenario – I can say for
both the urban society people and the professors in our college -
the problem is that they feel they have all the power in the world
and the right to oppress us as well. I believe the problem is two
faceted – the social between the privileged and underprivileged
students and the authority gap between the teachers and the
students. I believe that the professors are very aware of their
authorities and they like to exercise their powers with the student
unnecessarily and even to the extent of ruthlessness – failing a
student who is not their favorite’
Question 7: What choice would you have made if you read in
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..system is teacher centric instead of student centric
..social and economic disparity
..teachers of upper class lack empathy
..They do not have humandity and compassion for others
..social and economic disparity
..teachers of upper class lack empathy

more sophisticated college?
Response – ‘I think the problem is same everywhere.’
Question 8: How will you go about solving the problem? ‘
Response – ‘I guess I will have different colleges for different
economic sects of the society. Then we can exist with chaos. By
making the student union stronger. I would have a counter system
for marking the professor’s for their conducts and behavior with
the students. By having more policies in favor of the student’s
learning and to guide the students to learn in more experiential
way. There has to be student support policies to back the social
rights and the educational rights of the students. By creating a
stronger student forum where the student problems are addresse
by the student themselves. A student feedback system for teache
evaluation must be set so that their oppressive behavior can be
judged and overruled as well.’
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..problem is in everywhere
..do not like people from upper class join our college
..making stronger union
..system is teacher centric instead of student centric
..making stronger union