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Level 5 Diploma in Psychology

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

PSY504 · Social Psychology: Pro and Anti-social Behaviour — Week 14 of 16

CoursePSY504
Week14 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

  1. Drafting against the criteria
  2. Tutor and peer feedback
  3. Improving the final submission

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Define: aggression; antisocial behaviour.
  • 1.2 Explain theories relating to aggression and antisocial behaviour.
  • 1.3 Analyse the links between social psychology and aggression and antisocial behaviour.
  • 2.1 Identify examples where the media has influenced antisocial behaviour.
  • 2.2 Analyse the impacts of media on anti-social behaviour.
  • 3.1 Identify research studies focussing on social psychological theories of aggression.
  • 3.2 Evaluate research studies on aggressive behaviours.
  • 4.1 Define: human altruism; bystander behaviour.
  • 4.2 Analyse the reasons behind ‘helping behaviours.’
  • 4.3 Analyse explanations of how people behave completely differently from the expected.

Activity

Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Defining aggression and antisocial behaviour; the importanc…
  • Week 2: Theories of aggression: Lorenz’s ethological approach, evol…
  • Week 3: Social psychological links: social learning theory (Bandura…
  • Week 4: Media and antisocial behaviour: examples, social learning a…
  • Week 5: How media exerts its effects: Dubow’s organisational framew…
  • Week 6: Key studies: Bandura’s Bobo doll, Zimbardo’s Stanford Priso…
  • Week 7: Evaluating aggression research: demand characteristics and …
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Defining altruism and bystander behaviour
  • Week 10: Bystander behaviour: Latané and Darley’s decision model, Pi…
  • Week 11: Cultural, gender and urban–rural differences in helping
  • Week 12: Assessment workshop: drafting against the assessment criter…
  • Week 13: Supervised completion and submission
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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