ThinkingaboutSocialPsychologyWEEK11.docx

ThinkingaboutSocialPsychologyWEEK11.docx

Thinking about Social Psychology

Post your answers to this discussion by 11:59 pm CST on Friday of this week, your main post should have at least 200 words or more and include a citation of at least one scholarly source. You should respond to at least two classmate's posting by 11:59 pm CST on Sunday, with at least 75 words or more. 

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?