by kdkasi | Oct 12, 2019 | What are Attitudes?
Attitude is derived from a Latin word “Optus” which means ready and fit for action. Earlier, attitude referred to something that could be directly observed like, the moves of fighters in a boxing ring. However, in the context of psychology attitude can be defined as...
by kdkasi | Oct 12, 2019 | John Locke Philosophy
John Locke was distinguished English philosopher of seventeenth century. He was born in 1632 and is considered as an important figure of early European enlightenment. Most of his philosophical ideas had huge influence on later eminent enlightenment figures including,...
by kdkasi | Oct 3, 2019 | What Is Public Opinion?
Definitions of Public Opinion Many distinguished political thinkers have defined the concept of public opinion differently . Rousseau a prominent political thinker referred to public opinion as general will. He explained the general will by categorizing individual...
by kdkasi | Sep 28, 2019 | Unitary and Federal System
Government is among one of the major elements of state. The purpose of government is to formulate interpret and implement state laws through its major organizations in order to sustain peace and order — satisfy citizen needs — ensure economic growth and...
by kdkasi | Sep 26, 2019 | Difference between state and society
Society and state are interrelated concepts but not interchangeable concepts. These both are important part of one another however, there are some factors through which dissimilarity could be analyzed between these two interrelated concepts. Given below are the...
by kdkasi | Sep 24, 2019 | Difference between State and Government
Whole and Part State is a large organization consist of four major elements including, population, government, territory and sovereignty. Whereas, government is just a single part of this vast organization which consist of three major organs including, legislature,...
by kdkasi | Sep 24, 2019 | State and Essential Elements of State
What Is State? The word state has been derived from a Latin word “Status” which literally means condition — situation or circumstances. Many political thinker have defined state in a different way. So, there is not a single undisputed definition of state. State...
by kdkasi | Sep 20, 2019 | Realistic Conflict Theory
Realistic conflict theory is a social psychological model of inter-group conflict. The theory explains that inter-group conflict can arise due to the competition among groups over the scarce resources and conflicting goals. Moreover, it also defines how the feeling of...
by kdkasi | Sep 16, 2019 | Cognitive Dissonance
The term cognitive dissonance has deep roots in the classic social psychology. In 1957 Leon Festinger introduced this theory in his book “Cognitive Dissonance”. The book contain the detail explanation about what cognitive dissonance is and how to cope with cognitive...
by kdkasi | Sep 16, 2019 | What Is Attribution?
When social psychologists try to understand human behavior they develop reliable inferences about the causes of behavior. The concept of developing assumptions about the causes of behavior is known as attributions in social psychology. In simple words attribution...
