Social Psychological Explanation of Social Influence

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Student Name ULN Diploma Title Access to HE (Health Professionals / Social Sciences and Humanities) Module title: Psychology Unit title: Social Psychology Unit Code: WMR786 Graded/Ungraded level 3 (Please indicate) Level 2 Level 3 U Level 3 G X Tutor/Assessor Name: Matthew Boultwood-Morgan Issue date: w/c 29/03/2021 Submission date: 24/05/2021 Approved Late Submission Date Date Submitted Social Psychology Scenario: Social psychology is the branch of psychology that seeks to explain how we are influenced by others, and how we influence them. It studies how people’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour are affected by the presence of others. Focus can either be upon how others affect an individual or upon group interactions. The social psychology topic we are investigating is social influence – how individuals affect and are affected by others. In particular, how theories of social influence, and studies of conformity and obedience explain human behaviour, and whether the understanding from them outweighs the ethical concerns that many of the studies raise. The learning criteria and grading criteria set by Open College Network. The assessment criteria is covered in each task. Student comment Please tick. This assignment was: Easy Moderate Difficult Other student comments: Student declaration: I confirm that this assignment is my own work and that any part that forms part of, or is a summary of, someone else’s work has been correctly attributed to that author/s according to the