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Social Psychology E-Portfolio
Semester 2, 2008


 * This e-portfolio follows the study of social psychology over a university semester
 * Its purpose is to provide an ongoing, assessable learning activity to help students record, explore, synthesise and share their learning (James Neill)
 * Regular contributions will be made to these pages over the next 15 weeks
 * Others are invited to comment and share their views

Lecturer: James Neill Textbook: Baumeister, R. F., & Bushman, B. J. (2008). Social psychology and human nature (1st ed.) Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadsworth.

Completed
Monday 3 November 2008


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Tutorial & Assessment Reflections
Tutorial reflections
 * Tutorial One: Introduction
 * Tutorial Two: Communication
 * Tutorial Three: Prejudice, aggression and prosocial behaviour
 * Tutorial Four: Cross-cultural training
 * Tutorial Five: Australian zeitgeist

Assessment reflections
 * Research Participation
 * Essay: Western domination of social psychology
 * E-portfolio

Lecture Content
Introduction
 * What is social psychology?
 * Unpacking this description of social psychology
 * Revised definition of social psychology

The Social Self
 * The conceptual definition of the self
 * The operational definition of the self

The Self in Action: Behavioural Control
 * Goals
 * Freedom to act
 * Choice
 * Reactance
 * Self-regulation
 * Irrationality and self destruction

Social Thinking
 * Attributions
 * Beliefs
 * Attitudes
 * Consistency
 * Social influence and persuasion

Aggression

Prejudice

Ghosts of Rwanda
 * Malevolence
 * Benevolance

Relationships
 * Attraction and Exclusion
 * Close Relationships

Groups
 * What is a group?
 * Concepts, theories and studies
 * Group decision-making
 * Leadership

Prosocial Behaviour
 * What is prosocial behaviour?
 * Cooperativeness, forgiveness, obedience and conformity
 * Why do people help others?

The Environment
 * Environmental psychology
 * Built environments
 * Natural environments