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Level 4 Diploma in Psychology

Obedience: Milgram, situational factors, agentic state, authoritarian personality

PSY403 · Introduction to Social and Developmental Psychology — Week 2 of 16

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This week’s topics

Obedience: Milgram, situational factors, agentic state, authoritarian personality

  1. Obedience: Milgram, situational factors, agentic state, authoritarian personality
  2. Resistance and minority influence

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the main phenomena, methods and theorising in social psychology.
  • 1.2 Analyse the ethical issues encountered in the psychological studies by Milgram and Zimbardo.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the main phenomena, methods and theorising in social psychology.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Conformity: types, explanations and variables; Asch (1956);…
  • Week 2: Obedience: Milgram, situational factors, agentic state, aut…
  • Week 3: Ethics in Milgram's and Zimbardo's research
  • Week 4: Piaget's theory, stages and methods
  • Week 5: Moral understanding (Kohlberg), social cognition and the ch…
  • Week 6: Sex and gender vocabulary, stereotypes and differences; bio…
  • Week 7: Biosocial, evolutionary, psychoanalytic, social learning an…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Puberty and body image: the social and psychological meanin…
  • Week 10: Adolescent mental health, self-esteem and identity: Erikson…
  • Week 11: Relationships with parents and peers: generation gap, Colem…
  • Week 12: Applying Introduction to Social and Developmental Psycholog…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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