Topic
Applied Social Psychology Literature Review
Instructions
Throughout this course, you have been exploring the ways in which social psychological principles can be applied to various careers. This week, you will create a literature review of articles that cover some of the main topics of applied social psychology. You should frame your review as if you were explaining the purpose of the field to someone who does not know about social psychology. To do this, you will write a literature review that contains five articles, each of which focuses on a different theory. Two of the five articles can be from the literature review for your case study that you wrote last week; however, they each must cover different theories. The other three articles should pertain to different theories that have been discussed throughout the course or that will be discussed in Week Six.
Remember, even though these articles are not necessarily related, the literature review must still have a thesis statement (e.g., Applied social psychology is a field that is important because it is relevant to…) and a conclusion that reinforces your claim. Since you are allowed to use your review of two articles from your previous literature review, please ensure you make any necessary modifications to your analysis so that they match the thesis statement and conclusion of this literature review.
The literature review must be five pages in length, not including title and reference pages. All of the articles that you use must be recent (published within the past 10 years). You should also cite other material (e.g., seminal works about the theories) as appropriate to help you contextualize and explain the articles that you are discussing. Format your paper according to APA style as outlined in the
Ashford Writing CenterAs a side note: you may be able to draw from articles that you have used in this literature review when completing the Integrative Literature Review for PSY699, the capstone course.
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Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
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In social psychology, some studies have proved that in most cases, people actions are majorly influenced by the socially installed principles and values. Human behavior is fundamentally under influence of the societal expectations and values, which are attributable to the nature of community’s conduct that one is born and raised, lives with, or has stayed around with for significant time. Therefore, moral values and societal principles are social compliance motives affecting the nature of human actions within various contextual circumstances. One of the areas where the theory of social compliance motives is applied is the investigatory process applied to trigger confessions for the accused suspects.
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