First, watch the video “The Power of the Situation” at Power. This is a streaming video that may take to time to buffer enough content to run smoothly. If it has starts and stops when you first start watching it, wait for it to load all the way to the end and then you should be able to view it again without any interruptions.
Second, think of a time when you found yourself in the midst of a situation in which you behaved or reacted “out of character”—that is, in a manner very different from your accustomed mode of behavior. ( When my sister was screaming at my parents it upset me because it was hurting my parents and I could not do anything I felt helpless.
Describe the nature of this situation and explain why you behaved the way you did using the concepts about conformity from chapters one and seven of the Principles of Social Psychology textbook.
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/principles-of-social-psychology
Lastly, post a brief summary of the news story that you selected that addresses one concern of global significance. Discuss the elements of power factors of the global concern you have selected. Then explain how a global psychologist could have a positive impact on addressing the concern you selected.
