Describe a scene or character(s) from a movie, TV show, or book that demonstrates your chosen social psychology concept. Be sure to give some background of the story and/or character, and specifically explain how this scene or character is an example of your chosen social psychology concept.

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Unit 6 Discussion

Initial Post

After completing the readings, watching the videos in Unit 6, and further researching the topic, post a two-paragraph response to the following:

In your first paragraph, explain and describe one or two of the social psychology concepts that you learned about in this unit. You may decide to choose from the following:
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Groupthink
Correspondence bias
Reciprocal altruism
Cognitive dissonance
Social loafing
Conformity

In your second paragraph, describe a scene or character(s) from a movie, TV show, or book that demonstrates your chosen social psychology concept. Be sure to give some background of the story and/or character, and specifically explain how this scene or character is an example of your chosen social psychology concept.

NOTE:

In the Subject of your post, be sure to identify the concept and the movie/TV show/book (example: Cognitive Dissonance in “The Walking Dead”).

To be cited: Forsyth, D. R. (2022). The psychology of groups. In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. Champaign, IL: DEF publishers.

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