People to People: Importance of Group Membership
Membership in a group is of great significance to most people. One of the first things groups do is develop a socially shared definition of who they are, what their purpose is, what their vocabulary is and their social s..
People to People: Participation in Group Activities vs. Social Loafing
Do people who have a chance to work with others toward a shared goal contribute less because a group is involved, as social loafing research seems to suggest, or contribute their fair share. The question for social movem..
People to People: Relations Characterized by Altruism and Conciliation
When you look at daily behavior, people are continually doing things for other people when they don't have to. Certain emotions like awe and compassion encourage people to commit to collective principles and become more ..
People to People: Social Psychology, A Brief Snapshot
Social psychology is a fascinating study of people interacting with people, individually and in groups, as friends or sometimes foes. It involves an analysis of attitudes, how we think about other people, conformity and ..
People to People: Why Do People Do What They Do?
Humans use inferential rules to decode the behavior of others in an attempt to determine the meaning of their actions. The fundamental attribute error is to incorrectly infer that another person's behavior was caused by ..
Percent in Word Problems: Applying Common Sense
This clip stresses the importance of using common sense to determine if an answer is correct. "Usually, when you set up the proportion wrong," the clip explains, "the answer comes out really impossibleÂ…you know right aw..
Percent in Word Problems: Few Problems Involving Money, A
This clip consists of word problems having to do with money, and the student is introduced to terms like discount and commission. Otherwise, the problems are very similar to others already presented, and are solved by se..
Percent in Word Problems: Practical Problems Involving Percent and Proportion
This clip establishes that percent means comparing something to 100, then presents a number of practical problems about percentage that are solved by setting up proportions and cross-multiplying.
Percent in Word Problems: Problem About Profit, A
This clip explains that percent problems involving money sometimes include special words which need to be understood. In this case, the words are: "profit" and "original cost." Otherwise, the setting up of proportions an..
Percent in Word Problems: Reviewing Proportion
This clip reiterates that proportion is the key idea in all work with percent. The clip notes that while there may be quicker ways to handle a percent problem, we can always get started with this type of problem by setti..