Advanced Social Psychology
10-MARK QUESTIONS (SECTION A) CLICK HERE FOR ANSWERS
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Discuss the applications of social psychology in population, health, environment and industry.
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Discuss the methods of analysis / research methods / experimental and quasi-experimental methods in social psychology; explain threats to validity.
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Explain the nature, types and causes of aggression; describe ways of measuring aggression.
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Discuss the factors affecting attitude formation and the types of attitude change.
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Explain the concept, causes and effects of conflict and the methods of conflict resolution.
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Discuss the concept, characteristics, development and maintenance of prejudice; describe methods to reduce prejudice and discrimination.
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Discuss the concept and relevance of group dynamics; explain the role of communication in group dynamics.
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Describe the concept of prosocial / helping behaviour and explain the factors affecting helping behaviour.
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Trace the historical development of social psychology and emergence of modern social psychology.
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Explain the concept, characteristics and development of stereotypes; differentiate from prejudice.
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Discuss the concept of conformity and the factors increasing conformity with reference to Asch’s experiment.
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Define crowd / group behaviour; discuss the concept and theories of crowd behaviour.
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Explain the theories of attitude organisation (e.g., balance theory, cognitive algebra).
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Explain interpersonal attraction with the help of similarity and reciprocity-of-liking rule / evolutionary theories.
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Discuss the characteristics of competition and differentiate it from types of cooperation.
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Discuss the current trends in social psychology.
🟨 6-MARK QUESTIONS (SECTION B) CLICK HERE FOR ANSWERS
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Discuss the ethical issues involved in social-psychological research.
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Explain the attribution theory and its errors / applications.
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Define group; explain its important features and characteristics.
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Explain the role of communication in group dynamics.
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Discuss the factors affecting attitude change.
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Explain Bem’s self-perception theory.
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Describe the characteristics, development and maintenance of stereotypes.
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Describe the methods of reducing prejudice and discrimination.
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Explain the concept and causes of conflict; discuss effects and resolution.
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Describe the steps and characteristics of the ethnographic method.
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Discuss the factors responsible for interpersonal attraction.
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Explain the types and role of cooperation.
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Discuss the errors in attribution and ways to minimise them.
🟦 3-MARK QUESTIONS (SECTION C – Short Notes) CLICK HERE FOR ANSWERS
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Mass psychology
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Fundamental attribution error
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Reciprocity-of-liking rule
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Primacy vs recency effect
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Cultural patterning
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Low-ball technique
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Characteristics of attitude
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Characteristics of group
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Manifestations / characteristics of prejudice or stereotypes
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Cognitive algebra / Heider’s balance theory
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Normative social influence
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Halo effect / Self-esteem / Correlational method (occasional topics)
✅ Most repeated core areas across all papers:
Aggression | Prejudice | Conflict | Group Dynamics | Attribution | Attitude | Conformity | Interpersonal Attraction | Ethics in Research.

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