Social Psychology (4PSYC001W)

The lecture provided in-depth information about conformity and obedience, all factors involved, and various famous experiments in this field.

This document cover the topic of Violence against women in current society. Covering female genital mutilation (types, prevalence, risks, tackling) and human/sex trafficking (prevalence, geography, focus, tackling)

Lecture focused on self and society, covering self-concepts, the spotlight effect, memories and self, self-perception, theory on imagination, theories on social comparison, upward and downward social comparison, culture, theory of multiple selves.

Lecture covering attitudes (formation, definition, structure, models, function, measuring, other approaches, attitudes and behavior and theories behind it).

Covering Prosocial and helping behavior, a range of theories and studies in this area, how prosocial we are, social norms, how we’ve been brought up, age, sex, religious beliefs, levels of empathic concern or egotistical tendencies, and how the presence of others inhibits helping.

Lecture notes to Social Psychology module on the topic Prosocial Behaviour, Helping Behaviour, Bystander Intervention taught at the University of Westminster for the BSc Psychology degree programme.

Seminar notes to the BSc Psychology module Social Psychology 4PSYC001W on how to carry out the synoptic assessment which consists of a qualitative study taught at the University of Westminster.

Inter-group and Intra-group behaviour theories

Social attribution theory