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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134641287

Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Publisher:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Chapter1: Introducing Social Psychology

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Case 2: A BETTER ALTERNATIVE FOR THE YOUTH OF BARANGAY MALIGALIG Barangay Maligalig is a rural community situated between a small river and a farm field. Generally, the residents make a living as farmers. They regularly bring their crops to a nearby market which they have to travel for about half an hour. The area is quite small that most of the residents know each other. The residents are very cooperative and active in the community activities. Everyone puts in effort for the development of the community. The barangay chairman and his officials are very accommodating especially for proposed projects of their constituents. They held regular meetings for activity updates and consultations. For the residents, they devote some time to participate in the barangay projects as well as to get involved in the deliberation and decision making process for community endeavors. In one of the community meetings, Kagawad Sally who is responsible for the youth development of the barangay states her concern regarding the alarming threat to their youth‘s welfare. As she revealed, a few months ago there have been unruly incidents in the market place. Some of the vendors reported a group of teenagers were seen sniffing solvents and rugby, smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol in the area. Other vendors even claimed that they also use drugs and create a disturbance to the market stalls. These teenagers use the market place as their meet up place. They can be seen together almost from day to night. They also like to entice others to join them in their activities, some who refuse were seen with bruises. Moreover, the group likes to engage into fights with other groups they see as inferior. Chairman Sally is worried that this group will influence or disturb the community‘s youths. She received word that a group male teenager from their community had a fight with the group a couple of weeks ago. While, some of the youngsters were seen befriending some of the group members. For the female youths, there were accounts that some of them are being courted by the group members. The group is also recruiting others to join them. Moreover, the kids are starting to imitate the group‘s actions, habits and attitudes. In the discussion of this issue, the barangay officials and community residents see that their youths need to have activities that would help them be productive at the same time divert their attention from the bad influence of the group. Since the community‘s teenagers have not been involved in community activities except during fiestas, they are prone to look for other activities that they can engaged in. A concerned resident suggested that the community need to come up with a recreational program for the youths other than the regular sports fest that the barangay hold every summer. Through the program, he said the youths will gain skills and make better use of their time. All agreed that on the next meeting all suggested program for the youth shall be presented and discussed. GUIDE QUESTIONS: 1. Discuss the current concerns of Barangay Maligalig in terms of their youth groups. 2. How is the case of the youth groups of Barangay Maligalig similar to the other youth groups in the country? 3. What are the probable causes of the prevalent cases of youths being involved in this kind of activities? 4. Give possible plans or undertakings to respond to the concerns that Brgy. Maligalig is facing

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