Purpose: To apply your knowledge of psychology to shed light on current events. Project Assignment: As you reflect on the readings, think about how the results of various studies contribute to our understanding of a current event. The main assignment is to interpret a current event using social psychology to understand why it might be occurring AND offering up a potential solution (also using social psychology as a lens).
Each final article should include: describe a current event/phenomenon that is surprising and/or unusual Use at least three concepts/theories from social psychology to explain the event and provide the relevant detail to make your point in the form of research results and findings
Use your research skills to find and describe a social psychology study in detail (hypothesis, methods, results, critical analysis of how it explains the phenomenon under study) explain how the study and the concepts/theories it raises further our understanding of the event Total words: 1250-1500 Use the slides to use to find the required concepts/theories for the 2nd part of the prompt (Use at least three concepts/theories from social psychology to explain the event and provide the relevant detail to make your point in the form of research results and findings). Thank you.
