Assignment: Social psychology Paper
PART A
There are four questions in Part A. Answer all four (1/2-1 page per answer).
Question 1.
Briefly explain how cognitive biases may have evolved.
Describe how cognitive biases may influence behaviour in two domains of social psychology.
Question 2.
Gawronski, LeBel og Peters (2007) challenge three common assumptions in research using implicit measures.
a) What are these assumptions?
b) Choose one of them and sketch Gawronski et al.'s argument.
Ref:
Gawronski, B., LeBel, E. P., & Peters, K. R. (2007). What Do Implicit Measures Tell Us?: Scrutinizing the Validity of Three Common Assumptions. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2(2), 181-193.
Question 3.
What is the "cultural accommodation hypothesis"?
Question 4.
Describe how meta-analyses can provide a better understanding of sex-differences in aggression.
PART B
There are three questions in Part B. Answer one of them in an essay-like format.
Question 5. Social influence
Based on Cialdini and Griskevicius (2014) describe reasons for social conformity and social compliance.
Discuss how individuals can become aware of and cope with various forms of negative social influence.
Question 6. Attitudes
Based on readings from Social Psychology II: If we succeeded in changing attitudes toward a specific behaviour in a group of subjects, would this attitudinal change also produce behavioural change?
Question 7. Begging in Norway
There is an on-going debate in Norway on how to handle begging (see Appendix for some background information).
Take a social psychological perspective and describe how social psychological concepts/theories can be used to explain why begging could be an issue for individuals and/or communities (groups).
Elaborate on one concept/theory to make a suggestion for what could be done to mitigate the issue.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.