SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION – explain the key principles associated with its practice
SP3450ProjectPROJECT: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTIONProject Introduction:Imagine that your audience is completely unfamiliar with social psychology principles. They will use yourproject as reference. In this project, you will provide your audience with an overview of the field of socialpsychology, and explain the key principles associated with its practice.In Project Part 1, you will focus on topics such as self and society, social interactions, attitudes, andprejudices. In Project Part 2, you will focus on social influence, personal relationships, behavior, gendertheories, and antisocial and pro-social behavior.After completing both parts of the project, reflect on the future of social psychology. Think about thechanges that our society is experiencing, what do you think will occur in the field of social psychology, andwhat new research do you think will take place in the future?Course Learning Objectives Covered:Evaluate the impact of and interactions between self and society.Apply various cognitive processes to social interactions.Determine the attitude of persons by analyzing their response to different situations.Analyze the cognitive biases of prejudice and discrimination.Analyze the ways by which social influence alters or shapes behavior.Analyze the social psychological nature of personal relationships and the dynamics of interpersonalattraction.Apply various theories of gender to explain social situations.Differentiate between pro-social and antisocial behavior.1SP3450ProjectPROJECT SUBMISSION PLANProjectDescription/Requirements of Project PartPartProjectAssessment Preparation Checklist:Part 1To prepare for this assessment:Evaluation CriteriaThe Project rubric willRevisit Chapters 1–6 from the textbook, Socialbe used to evaluatePsychology. These chapters focus on socialthis assessment.psychological theories, social cognition andinteraction, and prejudices.Revisit Modules 1–3 lessons, which discuss theapplication of social psychological theories, socialcognition, and interaction in daily life.Title: Social Cognition and InteractionWrite a cohesive research paper answering the followingquestions:How do we perceive ourselves and our interactionswith others? Summarize an example of when selfperception influenced interactions with self or others.The event can be from personal experience, a currentevent, television show, movie, or book.Explain how you can use self-concept, awareness, andself-schemas in self-development.Describe the acting self, self-esteem, and self-efficacy.How do we form judgments about other people?Summarize an example of when cognitive processesinfluence interactions with others. The event can befrom personal experience, a current event, television2SP3450ProjectProjectDescription/Requirements of Project PartPartshow, movie, or book. Provide a brief summary of theevent.Discuss the attribution theory and how it influenceattitude.Explain how our attitudes influence behavior towardothers.Summarize an example of when your attitude hasinfluenced your behavior or response to a situation(smoking, politics, war, and so on).Summarize an example of when the influence ofprejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination were usedto form judgments of others (i.e. The Ferguson Case orgender or age bias at the workplace). The event canbe from personal experience, a current event,television show, movie, or book. Provide a briefsummary of the event.Submission Requirements:Submit your responses in a Microsoft Word documentof the following specifications:oFont: Arial; 12-PointoLine Spacing: DoubleoLength: 4–6 pages, excluding the title page,reference page, and any appendicesThe summary of each event should be at least 250words.Incorporate at least two credible sources to supportyour research paper.3Evaluation CriteriaSP3450ProjectProjectDescription/Requirements of Project PartPartEvaluation CriteriaInclude an APA title page. Refer to the sample APAtitle page.Cite all sources used in APA format, including at leastone in-text citation from each source and a Referencepage.The cover page should include the following:oTitle of paperoStudent’s nameoDate submittedDue: Module 3Grading Weight: 10 %ProjectAssessment Preparation Checklist:The Project rubric willPart 2To prepare for this assessment:be used to evaluateRevisit Chapters 7–13 from the textbook, SocialPsychology. These chapters focus on social influence,group behavior, relationships, and pro-social andantisocial behavior.Revisit Module 4 and 5 lessons, which will help youapply concepts such as social influence, personalrelationships, and aggressive and helping behavior indaily life.Title: Social Influence on BehaviorWrite a cohesive research paper answering the followingquestions:4this assessment.SP3450ProjectProjectDescription/Requirements of Project PartPartAnalyze the ways in which social influence alters orshapes behavior. Summarize an example of whensocial influence caused you or another individual tochange his or her behavior. The event can be frompersonal experience, a current event, television show,movie, or book. Provide a brief summary of the event.Analyze the social psychological nature of personalrelationships and the dynamics of interpersonalattraction. Summarize an example of how roles(caretaker, head of household, and so on) caninfluence the dynamics of interpersonal attraction(love, compassion, and so on) between couples. Theevent can be from personal experience, a currentevent, television show, movie, or book. Provide a briefsummary of the event.Apply various theories of gender to explain socialsituations. Summarize at least three theories ofgender that can explain conflict in the workplace orhome. The event can be from personal experience, acurrent event, television show, movie, or book.Provide a brief summary of the event.Differentiate between pro-social and antisocialbehavior. Summarize an example of when pro-socialbehavior (i.e. providing extra change to someone inthe grocery line who was short on cash) and antisocialbehavior (i.e. someone cutting another individual offin traffic) occurred. The event can be from personal5Evaluation CriteriaSP3450ProjectProjectDescription/Requirements of Project PartPartexperience, a current event, television show, movie,or book. Provide a brief summary of the event.Submission Requirements:Submit your responses in a Microsoft Word documentof the following specifications:oFont: Arial; 12-PointoLine Spacing: DoubleoLength: 4–6 pages, excluding the title page,reference page, and any appendicesThe summary of each event should be at least 250words.Incorporate at least two credible sources to supportyour research paper.Include an APA title page. Refer to the sample APAtitle.Cite all sources used in the APA format, including atleast one in-text citation from each source and aReference page.The cover page should include the following:oTitle of paperoStudent’s nameoDate submittedDue: Module 5Grading Weight: 10 %6Evaluation Criteria