Your friend seems to be having issues with understanding who he is and how it affects his performance at work.

Your friend seems to be having issues with understanding who he is and how it affects his performance at work.

These essay questions are assessing your understanding of the concepts in this course, how well you can connect concepts from various areas of social psychology and how effective you are at applying the concepts to real-life situations.

Choose five (5) of the following essays and answer them in the following areas. Make sure you mark each essay with the number of the essay or cut & paste the entire question in the essay area.

In one study, researchers predicted that increasing a person’s self-esteem should increase that person’s ability to make friends. The study looked for and found a positive correlation between people’s self-esteem and the number of friends they have. Using concepts from Chapter 2 discuss what type of study this is, what we know and don’t know from the results and what other information you would like to know about the study and why you would like to know.

Your friend seems to be having issues with understanding who he is and how it affects his performance at work. For his benefit, describe two ways by which we develop our ability for self-awareness and discuss how our self-awareness may affect other aspects of our self and/or behavior. In your answer, use other concepts from Chapter 3 and/or other chapters in the textbook.

Often we take mental shortcuts when trying to process information or make decisions. Give examples of times that you have correctly or incorrectly applied heuristics. Describe at least three heuristics and how the use of each was effective or ineffective. (Chapter 4)

Your boss has asked you to develop a persuasive campaign to encourage people to quit smoking. She wants you to present your ideas about the campaign. Using concepts from Chapter 5 and/or other chapters in the book, describe what smokers attitudes may be now, how they may have developed and how you might be able to change them.

What would be the best way for a teacher to reduce the problem of stereotype threat in a classroom? Describe the reasons why children may feel stereotype threat and how to help reduce the problem but using concepts from Chapter 6 and/or other chapters in the textbook.

The Internet and social media is possibly changing how social relationships work. Discuss concepts of deindividuation, social cognitions, and attraction to explain how things might be changing and how we can reduce any negative effects. (Chapters 4, 9, 8)

What are the best tips you learned from this course for making friends or attracting others and for maintaining long-term relationships? Use concepts from Chapters 9 and 10, as well as from other chapters.