(BQ) Part 2 book "Social psychology principles" has contents: Influencing and conforming, liking and loving, helping and altruism, aggression, working groups - performance and decision making; stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination; competition and cooperation in our social worlds. | Chapter 7 Influencing and Conforming Chapter 7 Influencing and Conforming 352 Chapter 7 Influencing and Conforming Death by Alcohol Sam Spady. Image courtesy of the Sam Spady Foundation. Sam Spady had it all. During her high school years she was not only homecoming queen but also an honor student, as well as class president. As a 19-year-old college student at Colorado State University, Spady had many dreams for her future, all of which never materialized, as she died on September 5, 2004, after hours of binge drinking. Spady, who was celebrating with friends at the school’s biggest social event, consumed over 30 alcoholic beverages over a period of 11 hours and was then left at a fraternity house to sleep it off. Another student and fraternity member later discovered her body while showing his mother the house. An estimated 1,400 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related incidents each year, according to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 353 Chapter 7 Influencing and Conforming Unfortunately, things have not changed since Spady’s death. People still feel as though they’re invincible and bars are enticing students to drink by offering alcohol at inexpensive prices. Sources: ; . Have you ever decided what courses to take by asking for advice from your friends or by observing what courses they were choosing? Have you picked the clothes to wear to a party based on what your friends were wearing? Can you think of a time when you changed your beliefs or behaviors because a person in authority, such as a teacher or a religious or political leader, gave you ideas about new ways to think or new things to do? Or perhaps you started smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol, even though you didn’t really want to, because some of your friends were doing it. Your answers to at least some of these .
