Current research in Social Psychology

For the past 5 weeks we have covered a variety of topics that are central to understanding social psychology. To gain a better understanding of these topics in social psychology it is important to review current research.

For this assignment you will first provide a detailed description for each of the following topics.

Topics

1. Self-esteem
2. Self-efficacy
3. Self-serving bias
4. Self-perception
5. Cultural diversity
6. Gender (in terms of social psychology)
7. Persuasion
8. Conformity/obedience

Article review:

• Choose 3 topics from the list above and find a scholarly journal article for each.
• Find current (not more than 5 years old) scholarly research articles from the South University Library databases only.
• Remember the articles must be related to psychology.
• Provide an in-depth analysis for each article, integrating information from your course and text readings.