Topic > Social psychology: the negative effects of superpowers

Social psychology has evolved a lot in recent years, in a particular study conducted by Julie Y. Huang, Joshua M Ackerman and John A. Bargh, researches the effects that different superpowers would have on social events such as rejection and exclusion. This theory was based on the first iconic American superhero (Superman). He was a commonly known image of invulnerability while having other abilities such as super strength and flight. The people of this common day and age had placed him above all other beings resembling humans or mankind as he is unaffected by physical dangers of any kind. People of today and of this age are more affected by social exclusion and rejection; in our mindset it is considered a scarier encounter than actual physical pain since laws and medical treatments were put in place. Nothing really stops social events from going wrong, from one group or person suddenly rejecting another for any kind of reason. It is not part of our laws and healthcare. The study had stated that perhaps if people had their own superpowers (as they can differ from one group to another) they would be more likely to not worry about or downplay the negative effects of social exclusion and rejection. The researchers had completed three different studies that relied on the measures used from the pre-death study. The authors had recruited a good number of people of both sexes and divided them into different groups. In the first study, they used measures to give participants flight superpowers and invulnerability to pain and physical injury. They gave participants a passage that gave them instructions and a scenario before they asked them questions.... middle of the paper... 75% of the nation calls for its head to be severed and placed on a pike (25% assumes that they are 13 year old girls). All that hate and rejection didn't affect him, it didn't stop his pace of production, and he kept going and made more albums. All of this was caused by how much he was loved by the 25% who became famous at some point, whether they were the right reasons or not, they were still fundamental reasons to be publicized. And what's better to increase your self-esteem than being a face everyone knows? (Along with the fact that he makes a large amount of money, etc.). His fame blocked the ears of all those who hated him. It was considered his superpower. Even after being deported and tossed like a ball between Canadian and American customs for the crimes he committed, he showed virtually no signs of negative feedback from him..