What was the Milgram experiment? What was it intended to study and what were the findings? Why was this an important study in social psychology?
What are the primary methods used in the study of social psychology? What ethical concerns should we think about?
Where does your “self” come from? What is self-presentation?
What are heuristics and how do we use them?
Provide a real-world example of how something you’ve discussed in this paper relates
to something happening in the world today.Reading Assignment: Chapters 1, 2, 3
Writing Assignment (25 pts):
Based on what you learned in the above listed chapters, please complete your papers based on the following prompts/ questions.
What was the Milgram experiment? What was it intended to study and what were the findings? Why was this an important study in social psychology?
What are the primary methods used in the study of social psychology? What ethical concerns should we think about?
Where does your “self” come from? What is self-presentation?
What are heuristics and how do we use them?
Provide a real-world example of how something you’ve discussed in this paper relates
to something happening in the world today.
