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Week 1 assignment
Week 1
The Many Me’s Questionnaire
This is a self-reflection assignment that is completed in
two parts. This week you will complete the Many Me’s Questionnaire and submit
it for 20 points. In week 2 you will complete a write up about your responses.
In this part you explore your self-concept collection by
completing a short exercise in which you identify words that you use to
describe yourself in response to the question “Who am I”?
Fill in the blanks in the Many Me’s questionnaire below.
There are five dimensions of self that are covered. Report your descriptive
words for each dimension. Once you have completed the questionnaire submit your
assignment for grading in word document.
The Many Me’s Questionnaire
Words or phrases I use to describe my physical self
1. I am
___________________________________________
2. I am
___________________________________________
3. I am
___________________________________________
4. I am
___________________________________________
5. I am
___________________________________________
Words or phrases I use to describe my personality
6. I am
___________________________________________
7. I am
___________________________________________
8. I am
___________________________________________
9. I am
___________________________________________
10. I am
___________________________________________
Words or phrases I use to describe my social self (me
interacting with others)
11. I am
___________________________________________
12. I am
___________________________________________
13. I am
___________________________________________
14. I am
___________________________________________
15. I am
___________________________________________
Words or phrases I use to describe my character traits
16. I am
___________________________________________
17. I am
___________________________________________
18. I am
___________________________________________
19. I am
___________________________________________
20. I am
___________________________________________
Words or phrases I use to describe my skills and abilities
21. I am
___________________________________________
22. I am
___________________________________________
23. I am
___________________________________________
24. I am
___________________________________________
25. I am
___________________________________________
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Week 2 assignment
As you learned in this week’s readings and lecture we
develop a sense of who we are by responding to the question “Who am I?” This exercise helps you look at your own
response to this question.
You learned that each of us has an entire repertoire of
self-concepts instead of just one, and that within this repertoire we attach
different levels of importance to the various self-concepts. We present a self to others according to the
situation we are in.
Last week you completed the Many Me’s Questionnaire. This
week you will complete a write up of your responses by reflecting on your sense
of self and answering the following five (5) questions about your self-concepts
and report these in the second section of your paper:
a. Which of
these identities is the most fundamental to your sense of self?
b. To which of
these identities are you most strongly committed and why?
c. How were or
are other people important to developing your most important self-concepts?
d. How have
your images of self changed over the last five years?
e. Have you
ever had your self-concepts challenged?
Expectations:
1. Write an
essay-style report comprised of the two parts specified above.
2. The
suggested length is 400 words although you are free to write more if you find
it interesting to do so;
3. Your
document file must be MS Word, Word Pad or rtf;
4. Single-spacing
is fine;
5. You do not
need a title page although your name must appear at the top of the document;
6. Before
submitting your homework, spell check it and grammar check it;
7. Submit your
homework below no later than Sunday of Week 2 before 11:59 PM Mountain time.
Grading:
• Thoughtful,
fully formed responses using course terminology to the 5 different questions
–40 points
• Orderliness,
freedom from spelling and grammar errors written in APA style – 10 points
Week 3 assignment
Gender in the Workplace Assignment
Oftentimes it appears that genders are equal in the
workplace. While we like to think this, research will prove that is not the
case. Women are still paid less and do not hold as many higher level positions.
This week you will research current events to help understand and deconstruct
this issue.
Some examples of topics you may want to research regarding
gender and:
Pay Gap Academics Research
Leadership Promotions Small Business
Careers Technology Glass Ceiling
Your assignment for this week is to find two articles that
discuss the issue of gender in the workplace. To help guide your analysis,
complete the following steps:
– Summarize each article, focusing on main ideas and primary
examples (2-4 Paragraphs)
– Discuss the relationship between the articles and key
terms and ideas in social psychology (2-3 Paragraphs)
– Provide recommendations with ideas on how to change the
issue and utilize social psychology ideas to support your recommendation (1-2
paragraphs)
– Provide APA citations for both articles and additional
references.
Week 4 assignment
This assignment is worth up to 75 points. We will apply
course concepts from Myers Chapter 7 (Persuasion) to the following case:
Case. Spin doctoring
is form of impression management that has been in the repertoire of public
relations practitioners for four decades.
The term refers to the tactic of shifting the focus off of the negative
and harmful aspects of something by substituting another issue that has
positive connotations. Spin doctors
change the terms of public perception and debate using the mass media, which
today includes blogs and social media like Facebook. Spin doctoring is an international phenomenon
the serves the interests of organizations in every sector of society.
The tobacco industry is considered to be the classic case of
spin doctoring. After 1966 when the
Surgeon General of the U.S. pronounced that cigarette packages must carry a
health warning, the tobacco industry found a way to offset the damaging
publicity by sponsoring sports and arts events and giving grants for community
development. By de-emphasizing the
dangers of smoking and emphasizing the positive contributions being made to
community life, Big Tobacco trivialized the health problems and turned
attention instead to its displays of corporate social responsibility.
A contemporary example of spin doctoring relates to the
claim that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, which was the original
rationale for the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. When the intelligence about weapons of mass
destruction proved to be faulty, the debate was quickly and skillfully shifted
by spin doctors to a humanitarian argument that the Iraqi people must be freed
from the clutches Saddam Hussein the ruthless dictator. While no evidence of weapons of mass
destruction could be found, mass graves of Iraqi citizens killed at the behest
of Saddam Hussein could be found and thus, legitimate the invasion.
The debate over climate change and global warming is very
similar in some ways to the tobacco example because it involves the efforts of
hydrocarbons producers to debunk the hypothesis that global warming is
primarily caused by the high levels of CO2 emissions associated with the
consumption of fossil fuels. By spinning
the argument away from CO2 emissions towards touting how technology is
producing cleaner, greener fuels, the hydrocarbon industry gives the appearance
of being environmentally responsible at a time when the pressure from
environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the Suzuki Foundation, and
high-profile environmentalists like Al Gore cannot be denied.
Your Assignment: Use
critical thinking to analyze the following three questions relating to aspects
of persuasion. Specifically utilized the
particular course concept or concepts stated in each question.
1. Which
paths(s) to persuasion is/are present in the global warming case? Explain how
the paths are shown.
2. How does
the tobacco industry example fit into our understanding of impression
management?
3. Is spin
doctoring the same as propaganda or is it fundamentally different? How so? Address the weapons of mass destruction case
in your answer.
Expectations
• You will
address each of the required questions in essay form, explaining the reasoning
behind your answer and identifying the course concept(s) explicitly;
• You will
use subheadings so that each question clearly occupies its own section of the
paper;
• Your name
will appear on the first page of your paper;
• You will
use APA citations in the text and include a References section at the end of
your paper
• You will
spell and grammar check your paper
Week 5 assignment
A grassroots way to facilitate change in society is through
a social movement. Often these movements are created after an injustice to
change the way a society thinks and acts towards a sect of people. Your assignment this week focuses on using
social psychology concepts to explain the development of a social movement and
the change in society that has occurred from the social movement.
Some examples of social movements you may want to research
are:
Black Lives Matter Blue
Lives Matter Pro-Choice
Defend Science LGBTQ Human
Rights
Environment Animal
Rights Anti-Bullying
Your assignment for this week is to find two articles that
discuss one social movement. To help guide your analysis, complete the
following steps:
– Summarize each article, focusing on main ideas and primary
examples (2-4 Paragraphs)
– Discuss the relationship between the articles and key
terms and ideas in social psychology (2-3 Paragraphs)
– Describe social change that has come about from the
movement and utilize social psychology ideas to support your recommendation
(1-2 paragraphs)
– Provide APA citations for both articles and additional
references.
Week 6 assignment
This assignment involves the critical analysis of a case
study. The case study subject is model
Cindy Jackson exploring attraction and media influence
Process:
Explore Cindy Jackson’s official website at
http://www.cindyjackson.com/
Critically analyze the contents of the complete website
Based on your findings answer the following four questions:
1. What does
your critical analysis of the website reveal to you about Cindy Jackson’s sense
of her social self, her self-concept, her self-esteem and her
self-presentation?
2. How does
the physical attractiveness stereotype of interpersonal attraction factor into
your findings about Cindy Jackson?
3. How does
the mass media influence Cindy Jackson’s lifeworld?
4. What do
you perceive that the theme of “manufacturing beauty” means?
Graded Product:
1. Write an
essay presenting your critical analysis in an orderly and persuasive manner
2. Using
subheadings, address each of the four required questions
3. Remember
to use APA citations and include a References section, don’t forget to cite and
reference Cindy Johnson’s website.
4. Spell and
grammar check your document
5. Submit
your assignment below by 11:59 PM MT on Sunday of Week 6
Week 7 assignment
Global Warming Case Study
Numerous people indicate that global warming is an issue for
the future of the environment. Others disagree with the idea that global
warming is even a concern. Your task this week will be to dissect articles that
reflect both sides of the global warming argument.
Your assignment for this week is to find two articles that
discuss the issue global one. One article should state that global warming is
an issue and the other article should state that global warming is not a real
concern.
– Summarize each article, focusing on main ideas and primary
examples (2-4 Paragraphs)
– Discuss the relationship between the articles and key
terms and ideas in social psychology (2-3 Paragraphs)
– Describe which side makes a more compelling argument and
utilize social psychology ideas to support your decision (1-2 paragraphs)
– Provide APA citations for both articles and additional
references.