Discussion: Social Psychology

Thinking about Social Psychology

STEP 1: In a post of at least 200 words, respond to ONE of the questions below:

1. Do you ever try to persuade friends or family members to do something? How do you try to persuade them? How do they try to persuade you? Give specific examples.
2. If you were a social psychologist, what would you want to research? Why? How would you go about it?
3. If you were a college professor, what would you do to increase the success of in-class learning teams? Consider what you learned about group behavior in this module.
4. Have you ever been part of a group that made a poor decision and, if so, were any of the symptoms of groupthink present in your group? How could that be prevented?

STEP 2: Comment on at least TWO other posts in responses of at least 75 words.