Answer the following question.
1 - Conformity
a. How does conformity to normative social influence differ from conformity to informational social influence?
b. Explain how both normative and informational conformity could contribute to eating disorders in women.
c. "Conformity is neither all good nor all bad". Do you agree with this statement? Explain why or why not.
2 - Obedience
• What are some reasons that obedience to authority in Milgram's study might have been higher than what most people would have predicted/expected?
3 - Helping
• Imagine it's a December afternoon and you are on your way to meet a friend for lunch in uptown Charlotte. The crowded sidewalk is coated with ice and you slip and lose your balance. You feel a sharp pain and hear a cracking sound when you fall. You know that you've broken your leg. How might you overcome the bystander effect to ensure that you get help from passersby?
4 - Aggression
You witness a man punch another man in the stomach. Explain how this action could be considered:
a. hostile aggression,
b. instrumental aggression, or
c. not an act of aggression.
5 - Groups
• Imagine you're giving advice about the first year of college to a group of first-year students. Give them at least three reasons that people join groups, based on social psychological theory and research.
6 - Gender, Genes & Culture
• Social psychological research confirms that males exhibit significantly more physical aggression than females. According to evolutionary psychologists, aggression may be (or may have been) uniquely adaptive in human males. Explain how aggression could help a male pass on his genes.
7 - Prejudice
• Explain how discrimination and self-fulfilling prophecy are related. Give examples to support your response (e.g., you could discuss research findings on effects of subtle discrimination in job interviews).
8 - Attraction
• Describe at least 3 reasons that proximity exerts a strong influence on attraction.
9 - Love
• Social exchange theory would predict that an unsatisfying romantic relationship (more costs than benefits) would end. However, relationship researchers have found that dissatisfying relationships may persist. Explain why this is the case, taking into account the variables (in addition to satisfaction) that predict commitment.