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Question 1 Compare and contrast the two major category of methods used in Social Psychology and provide examples of each

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Question 1 Compare and contrast the two major category of methods used in Social Psychology and provide examples of each. In your answer, also note the three major types of bias that could be associated with the use of such methods.

Question 2: Imagine that you are designing a survey that investigates sexism or racism in Australia. What are the ethical principles detailed in your text and why might they be important to consider when designing your survey?

Question 3: How do Reicher and Haslam (2011) define the term ‘agentic state’? Why do they think an agentic state explanation of Milgram’s studies is ‘one-sided and static’ and what alternative do they suggest?

Question 4: Compare and contrast the implicit association test with two other ways of measuring attitudes. Include in your answer the pros and cons of each approach.
 

Question 5: Compare and contrast the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behaviour. In your answer, include details of what these theories aim to explain.

Question 6: With reference to the explanation of prejudice and discrimination, briefly compare and contrast how Self-Categorisation theory differs from The Authoritarian Personality approach.

Question 7: On page 795, Jetten et al. (2017) refer to the social mobility, social creativity and social competition hypotheses. Compare and contrast these three (social identity) hypotheses. In your answer, also specify the conditions under which social competition (e.g., willingness to tackle group-based discrimination) might be expected to occur.

Question 8: When designing his Social Psychological lab experiment into the effect of ostracism on conformity behaviour, John tried to minimise experimenter effects and demand characteristics. What ethical issues also need to be considered when trying to minimise such bias and why?

Question 9: Define and provide one example of social facilitation and compare and contrast the explanations for it that are offered by drive theory and distraction-conflict theory.

Question 10: According to Kelley and Thibaut’s (1978) interdependence theory, any social situation can be described in terms of at least three dimensions/variables. What are these variables? Briefly explain them and provide examples. Also note whether there is any evidence that people’s perceptions of interdependence are organised along these dimensions.