Please answer three of the four short answer questions below (Up to…
Question Answered step-by-step Please answer three of the four short answer questions below (Up to… Please answer three of the four short answer questions below (Up to 350 word for each of the questions): 1) You are talking to some of your co-workers, Terje and Charlotte, about a new manager, Anders, who has a tendency to micromanage. Charlotte says that she was designing an advertisement for the store, a novel task with this time being the second time she has ever done so, and that Anders watching her while she did it made it take twice as long to complete. Terje says that he agrees that the micromanagement is annoying, but argues that, when Anders watched him while he was restocking the shelves, a well-learned task, he found he actually completed it in record time. They ask you for your input.Briefly discuss social facilitation. What effect is Anders having on Terje and Charlotte’s performance of these tasks? Why does this effect occur? 2) You are at a party and are talking to a friend, Marina, who always goes by the nickname “Rina”. A woman you have never met before walks up to you both, says that her name is Gina, and demands that Rina does not use that nickname anymore as Rina is ‘too similar’ to Gina and might make people confused. When Rina tries to argue back, Gina replies ‘I am far more important than you, and you will do what I say’, then walks away. You and Rina leave shortly afterwards, feeling that the night was ruined. Rina says there is no way she will submit to Gina’s demand, but wonders whether you could offer some insight into why Gina thought her demand would work.Drawing on your knowledge of social influence, define conformity, compliance, and obedience, and explain why Gina might have felt confident in making this demand. 3) Tajfel & Turner (1959) found that, by merely placing objects into categories, we change the way they are perceived.What is the name of this effect? What changes in perception occur? What happens when humans are subjects of this categorisation? 4) You are at dinner with two of your friends, Silje and Stian, when the conversation turns to Silje’s love life. Silje says that she has been looking for a partner, and mentions that she is basing her search on similarity, especially in terms of interests, as ‘birds of a feather flock together’. Stian suggests that Silje considers basing her search on complementarity, as ‘opposites attract’. They know that you are studying psychology, and ask for your opinion.Briefly discuss how similarity and complementarity affect attraction and, based on this, the level to which you support Silje’s and Stian’s positions. Social Science Psychology PSY 1010 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
