. Answer in a single post and you must number questions accordingly – separate paragraphs for each. No attachments or outside links accepted.
Several Parts to Discussion Question for Week 1: Number yours in a single post to correspond to the order here. Do not post a separate thread for each part.
For your first discussion please read Chapter 1 (p. 4-20) in your textbook and read Week 1s Lecture notes (Part I). Then watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNI5jNBFFT8
(if the link does not work, copy and paste into a new window).
Your questions for the discussion are:
1. How would social psychologists explain why the people (in the video) conformed?
2. what type of explanation would social psychologists tend to avoid giving?
3. what “situational” or “personality” factors do you think would make people more likely to conform to the elevator gag?
4. what “situational” or “personality” factors do you think would make people less likely to conform to the elevator gag?
Chapter 2:
5. According to the methods overview in Chapter 2, what type of research method does the YouTube video represent and would this meet the standards to be a social psychology experiment? Why or why not?
Do not use outside resources, read the text book and notes I will provide.
