Future of Social Psychology Discussion

Future of Social Psychology Discussion

Future of Social Psychology Discussion

Future of Social Psychology Discussion

ORDER NOW FOR AN ORIGINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT:

After completing this module’s readings (attached), where do you see the future of social psychology going? Do you think we are heading in a different direction?

How can we use the sociocultural perspective and social neuroscience to help improve our social well-being or social welfare?

Use research from the Shapiro Library to support your claims.

To complete this assignment, review the Graduate Discussion Rubric document.

AFTER COMPLETING THE INITIAL POST, PLEASE ALSO RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING TWO STUDENTS REGARDING THE SAME TOPIC!

STUDENT ONE:

The future of Social Psychology is going to be one roller-coaster ride I will stand in line for. When studying the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of people that are influenced by others; changes will always be infinite. How someone made me feel today will not be the same tomorrow. How my mind chooses to deal with behavior of others is ever evolving. Because we are a people of social media, I see the sociological approach, observational, being the direction social psychology is headed. I don’t think the trailblazers who paved the way with their raw and uncut research will be forgotten, but consistently referenced as we al do when researching to find evidence to support our claims.

The use of social neuroscience will help improve the social well-being and social- welfare of society by investigating and explaining social behavior through multiple levels of analyses including the neural system (Decety et al., 2011). One of the social behaviors mentioned was the reinstatement of emotion. Decety et al., (2011) explained how emotion is tightly intertwined with all manner of social process and functions. This means that my feelings play an important part in my well-being and welfare. One method used in neuroscience discussed in the article was the lesion method. This scientific approach is the study of brain behavior relationships in cognitive neuroscience fleshing out clinical and real world observations and characterizations of behavioral phenomena. (Decety et al., 2011). This information implies that if I want to better my social well-being and welfare through neuroscience in today’s society, I must reinstate my emotions (empathy) to engage with my motor and sensory responses.

The sociocultural perspective will be put to use in how we react and treat others. The social well-being and welfare of society will come from what we have learned from others. These constitutive approaches to psychology understand cognition, emotion, memory, identity, and personality as relational entities that emerge out of interactions with others within a sociocultural context (Martin & Kirschner, 2010). This meant that how I feel, what I remembered, who I am, and my characteristics will all be reflection of my culture. This reminded me of the “group formation” Brewer (1999) spoke of when he examined the ingroup love and outgroup hate. The question must be asked, are we who we hand around with? Is our ingroup where our value lies? One of the themes mention was “undoing dualism” which included the divide between self and society and between individual and culture (Martin & Kirschner, 2010). These terms are often mentioned together when trying to improve the well-being and welfare of others. Another way sociocultural perspectives can be use is to bring awareness to some of the socially produced identities. Martin & Kirschner (2010) bring to light that some of these identified differences- not only gender, but race, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation reproduce and further extend relationships of inequality within a society. I thought about this statement and what’s going on now with the racial injustice seen with the 2 people of color who were killed

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
• Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
• Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

• Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

• I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
• As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

• For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
• Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
• Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
• Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

• The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
• Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
• I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
• As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

• Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
  • Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
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Future of Social Psychology Discussion

Future of Social Psychology Discussion