Write a 4 to 5-page essay.
Topics:
- social norms
- individualism vs. collectivism
- social exchange
- how salience and accessibility influence information processing
- how cognitive heuristics influence social judgment
- cognitive reappraisal
- looking-glass self
- social comparison
- self-presentation
- the principle of attitude consistency
- sleeper effect
- cognitive dissonance
- impression formation
- attribution bias
- culture and conformity
- informational social influence versus normative social influence
- social power (French and Raven)
- communal and exchange relationships
- attachment style
- altruism
- the social psychological variables that influence helping behavior
- emotional vs. instrumental aggression
- how the social situation influences aggression
- social identity and group influences
- social loafing
- group polarization and individual decision making
- social categorization
- reducing discrimination
- strategies for producing cooperation
- The structure of the essay is of your choosing. You may present an argumentative, comparative (compare and contrast), persuasive, reflective, or research easy. This flexibility affords you the opportunity to explore newly acquired concepts and write a paper meaningful to you (e.g., career interests, personal connections).
- Leverage the writing of the essay to showcase effective communication of social psychological principles and applications relevant to your selected topic.
- Support discussions (topics and logic) with sound research, evident through the integration of properly applied and cited theory and facts collected from a minimum of three (3) peer-reviewed journal articles.
