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PSY530 Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Explain how social psychology is different
from sociology, psychology, and other subfields of psychology. Why is there a
need for social psychology as a unique scientific field different from the
subfields of psychology?
dq 2
We encounter various types of statistics on a
daily basis; some are correlational (nonexperimental) and others are
causational (experimental). Describe how these two methods differ. Using an
example of a statistic from a commercial, political group, or other day to day
forum, explain how the statistic was used to support a specific claim. Develop
a hypothesis that could be studied to make the statistic more reliable and
valid. Explain why.
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PSY530 Week 2 Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
In what ways do the typical attributions of
people from collectivistic cultures differ from those of people from
individualistic cultures? Why do these differences exist? Provide empirical
evidence supporting your explanations.
dq 2
Describe the ways in which knowledge about the
“self” organizes cognitive information and motivates behavior.
Discuss how the “self” influences our judgment of others. How do
Eastern and Western cultures define the “self” differently?
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PSY530 Week 3 Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Prejudice has traditionally been assumed to be
the product of some form of malice, brought about by social or emotional
forces. In recent years, there has been increasing research on how prejudice
can result from cognitive processes, without malicious intent. Discuss how and
why cognitive processes can produce prejudice. What is the impact of culture on
prejudice? Once stereotypes and prejudices are formed, how do they come to be
self-perpetuating?
dq 2
Discuss and provide research evidence for five
reasons why attitudes sometimes fail to predict behavior.
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PSY530 Week 4 Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Provide a real-life example of informational
social influences impacting a person’s decision or behavior. Provide a
real-life example of normative social influences impacting a person’s decision
or behavior. Can the influence of conformity, compliance, or obedience be
decreased? How would this impact the situations you identified?
dq 2
In what ways can social influence have a
positive impact on behavior? Provide examples to support your response.
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PSY530 Week 5 Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Consider how being part of a crowd or group
changes your behavior. How can deindividuation change people’s behavior? Could
deindividuation lead to positive outcomes? What is a way to encourage members
of a crowd to behave in line with their “normal” values?
dq 2
Select one scholarly article on aggression.
Explain situational forces, sociocultural pressures, and individual differences
that promote aggressive behavior. In addition, discuss theories of aggression
as they apply to the article selected.
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PSY530 Week 6 Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Groupthink and group polarization are
influences that often cause groups to reach different solutions to a problem
than individuals. Explain each concept and discuss the conditions that are
thought to lead to each. How might the presence of others and institutional
groupthink impact helping those who are less fortunate?
dq 2
Are you better off being an optimist (perhaps
a Pollyanna) or is it better to be a realist (grounded in reality) as far as
your health and well-being are concerned? Why?
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PSY530 Week 7 Discussion 1 & 2
dq 1
Explain how religion influences social
relationships, moral attitudes, and moral behaviors, including cheating,
substance abuse, sexuality, criminality, and domestic violence.
dq 2
Select a scholarly article that discusses
religion and happiness. Discuss the effect that religious belief has on
people’s happiness or unhappiness as it relates to their behaviors and
attitudes. What effect does religion have on helping behavior, the prevalence
of prejudice, and health of religious people? Share your findings.
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PSY530 Week 8 Discussion 1 & 2
dq1
Using Hofstede’s theory, compare and contrast
two countries on these four types of cultural values.
dq 2
The Module 8 lecture discussed both
pessimistic and optimistic perspectives on global unity. Where do you weigh in
on this issue and why?
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PSY530 Week 1 The Social Psychology Network Assignments
Details:
For this assignment, explore the Social
Psychology Network website. Get comfortable searching for information. Scan the
professional profiles of social psychologists and learn about their social
psychological research.
This assignment has three parts that must be addressed
in an integrative essay.
When you are finished exploring the website,
discuss in a paper (1,250-1,500 words) what you have discovered and include the
following:
From the Social Psychology Network website,
for each theoretical perspective discussed in your lecture notes, select social
psychologists whose research corresponds with these theoretical perspectives.
Be sure to include their names, academic affiliations, and a brief discussion
of their primary research area. Your essay should include a discussion of a
total of five different social psychologists and their primary research area.
Conclude your paper by discussing the role of
culture as it relates to the research of the social psychologists you have
chosen. Why is understanding culture important when choosing a research method
for conducting human research?
Your paper should reflect a minimum of five
references.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA
guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric.
Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore,
students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
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PSY530 Week 2 Self-Esteem and Impression Management Assignments
Details:
Provide a minimum of four personal examples to
illustrate impression management, social tuning, social comparisons, mindsets,
intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, or causal theories.
One example provided must address face to face
versus written communication styles. Are there measures that can be taken when
communicating non-verbally to improve self-presentation, impression management,
attributional inferences, and cognitive biases?
Each example provided should be based upon how
your personal views were shaped by parents, teachers, friends, community,
culture, etc. Each example should be supported by relevant research.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA
guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric.
Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore,
students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
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PSY530 Week 3 Research Paper: Thesis and Sources Assignments
Details:
Refer to “PSY-530 Research Paper
Protocols” and follow the instructions for completing the Thesis and
Sources.
PSY-530 Research Paper Protocols
Throughout the course, you will
create a research/term paper (2,500 words of content, plus cover, abstract, and
reference pages) that relates a basic social psychological principle of your
choice to one of the applied subfields (forensic psychology, psychology of
religion, and health psychology).
The paper must have at least five
scholarly (peer reviewed) sources, four of those from the past two years. After
you have fulfilled the scholarly article criteria, you may use other sources
you find applicable, but these other sources, especially Web sources, should be
used judiciously and sparingly.
Below is an outline of due dates:
1. The Research Paper: Thesis and
Sources will be due to the instructor for review in Module 3.
2. Written feedback from the
instructor on the Research Paper: Thesis and Sources will be provided in Module
4.
3. Student should begin writing the
Research Paper: Rough Draft in Module 4 and submit it to the instructor in
Module 5.
4. The Research Paper: Final draft
will be due in Module 7.
Prepare this assignment according to
the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is required.
This assignment uses a grading
rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment;
therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment
to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
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PSY530 Week 3 Institutionalized Bias Assignments
Details:
In a 750-1,000-word essay, discuss the impacts
of institutional bias.
What are some examples of institutional
biases?
What roles do attitudes, stereotypes, and
prejudices play in institutional biases?
What impact does cultural influence have on
institutional biases?
You may consider how institutional biases are
apparent in health care, education, and the workplace or based upon a person’s
age.
Support your paper with three scholarly
sources from the GCU library.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA
guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric.
Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore,
students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion
of the assignment.
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PSY530 Week 4 Friendships and Intimate Relationships Assignments
Details:
In a 750-1,000-word essay, describe how the
five factors of personal attraction affect friendships and intimate
relationships. Address the following:
1. How do
different perspectives impact relationship development and maintenance
particularly in terms of exchange versus communal factors?
2. How do
attachment styles impact the level of intimacy shared in friendships and
relationships?
3. Using
the social exchange theory, equity theory and penetration theory, describe how
relationships are maintained or ended.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA
guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric.
Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore,
students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion
of the assignment.
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PSY530 Week 5 Research Paper: Rough Draft Assignments
Details:
Refer to “PSY-530 Research Paper
Protocols” and follow the instructions for completing the rough draft.
PSY-530 Research Paper
Protocols
Throughout the course, you will create a
research/term paper (2,500 words of content, plus cover, abstract, and
reference pages) that relates a basic social psychological principle of your
choice to one of the applied subfields (forensic psychology, psychology of
religion, and health psychology).
The paper must have at least five scholarly
(peer reviewed) sources, four of those from the past two years. After you have
fulfilled the scholarly article criteria, you may use other sources you find
applicable, but these other sources, especially Web sources, should be used
judiciously and sparingly.
Below is an outline of due dates:
1. The Research Paper: Thesis and Sources will
be due to the instructor for review in Module 3.
2. Written feedback from the instructor on the
Research Paper: Thesis and Sources will be provided in Module 4.
3. Student should begin writing the Research
Paper: Rough Draft in Module 4 and submit it to the instructor in Module 5.
4. The Research Paper: Final draft will be due
in Module 7.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA
guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
An abstract is required.
This assignment uses a grading rubric.
Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore,
students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
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Week 5 Prosocial Behavior Assignments
Details:
Review the Bystander Effect at:
https://explorable.com/bystander-apathy-experiment
or
https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/bystander-effect
In an essay of 750-1,000 words,
define and discuss the ways in which diffusion of responsibility, pluralistic
ignorance, and victim effects can influence helping behavior.
In what ways might social and
cultural pressure, and beliefs about “self” affect helping behavior?
Locate three scholarly sources to
assist in writing this paper.
Prepare this assignment according to
the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center.
This assignment uses a grading
rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment;
therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment
to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
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Week 6 Groupthink Assignments
Details:
In an essay of 750-1,000 words,
discuss the reliability of eyewitness testimony.
Include a relevant court case in
which eyewitness testimony was used to convict or acquit an individual.
Discuss how the reasonable person
standard applies to eyewitness testimony.
Locate three relevant scholarly
articles to support the information in your paper.
Prepare this assignment according to
the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is not required.
This assignment uses a grading
rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment;
therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment
to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
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Week 7 Research Paper: Final Draft Assignments
Details:
Refer to “PSY-530 Research
Paper Protocols” and follow the instructions for completing the final
draft.
PSY-530 Research Paper Protocols
Throughout the course, you will
create a research/term paper (2,500 words of content, plus cover, abstract, and
reference pages) that relates a basic social psychological principle of your
choice to one of the applied subfields (forensic psychology, psychology of
religion, and health psychology).
The paper must have at least five
scholarly (peer reviewed) sources, four of those from the past two years. After
you have fulfilled the scholarly article criteria, you may use other sources
you find applicable, but these other sources, especially Web sources, should be
used judiciously and sparingly.
Below is an outline of due dates:
1. The Research Paper: Thesis and
Sources will be due to the instructor for review in Module 3.
2. Written feedback from the
instructor on the Research Paper: Thesis and Sources will be provided in Module
4.
3. Student should begin writing the
Research Paper: Rough Draft in Module 4 and submit it to the instructor in
Module 5.
4. The Research Paper: Final draft
will be due in Module 7.
Prepare this assignment according to
the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center. An abstract is required.
This assignment uses a grading
rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment;
therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment
to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
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Week 8 Final Assignments
Details:
Complete the final exam. Your
instructor will post the final exam at the beginning of Module 8 in the Course
Add-Ons section.
You have until the end of Module 8
to complete the exam. Late exams are not accepted.
The final exam consists of the
following:
Choose four of the sixteen essay
question choices. Write a complete, integrative essay response, supporting your
answers with examples from the lectures and textbook.
Website sources are not acceptable
as supporting references for the exam. Be sure to number your answers to
correspond with your question selections, and provide applicable references at
the end of each question.
While APA format is not required for
the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text
citations and references should be presented using APA documentation
guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student
Success Center.
