Social Psychology

Candidates should:

· be able to describe and evaluate the social approach in psychology;

· be able to evaluate studies of social interaction in the light of their social and cultural context;

· consider the concepts of conformity, obedience and affiliation;

· consider the ways in which behaviour is structured by social roles and other situational variables;

· understand the effects of inter-group discrimination;

· be able to discuss the issues around ethnocentrism;

· consider the implications of research in social psychology.

Milgram, (1963). Behavioural Study of Obedience.

Haney, C., Banks, C. & Zimbardo, P. (1973). A Study of Prisoners and Guards in a Simulated Prison.

Piliavin, I., Rodin, J., & Piliavin, J. (1969). Good Samaritanism: An Underground Phenomenon?

Tajfel, H., (1970) Experiments in Intergroup Discrimination