Mini assignment Psychology Coursework Research Paper

MAX 600 words, anything exceeding will not be marked. I have attached the instruction and related lectures here. Thanks.

Mini assignment 2: Lecture 2 & 3 Max: 600 words Due: Wednesday, October 7th at 11:59pm Mini assignment 2 is one of the mandatory mini assignments that does not have choice. You meet a fellow researcher that focuses on psychodynamics to explain prejudice. The researcher tells you that they consider prejudice to be irrational and unjust attitudes and that people who engage in prejudice are pathological. The researcher also tells you that some people have personalities more prone to being prejudiced (e.g., the authoritarian personality) whereas others have personalities that are less prone to being prejudiced. The researcher doesn’t understand why people study the influence of media or broad cognitions since people decide for themselves what they believe in. Based on what you learned about the sociocultural approach (lecture 2) and the cognitive approach (lecture 3), how might you explain to the researcher that they are wrong or misinformed? In your answer, provide five points or examples that support each of the approaches (i.e., five arguments for the sociocultural approach and five arguments for the cognitive approach). The points/examples/arguments must come from content covered in Lectures 2 and 3 or from the assigned readings for Lectures 2 and 3. For each of the two approaches, select one of the points/examples made and elaborate (in detail) on the study that supports that point. The goal here is for you to make a clear and concise argument in response to the researcher and to do so twice, once from the sociocultural perspective and once from the cognitive perspective. Grading based on: • Knowledge: o General description of the sociocultural approach o Four points/examples/arguments supporting sociocultural approach o Description of one study providing evidence for one point made in support of the sociocultural approach o General description of the cognitive approach o Four points/examples/arguments supporting cognitive approach o Description of one study providing evidence for one point made in support of the cognitive approach • Application: o Ability to argument in favour of two different perspectives o Apply supporting evidence in favour of each perspective • Communication: o Easy to follow, organization of ideas, logical progression and flow of ideas o Quality of arguments o Coherent description of ideas/arguments/evidence o Easy to understand which arguments goes with which approach o Easy to understand which study provides support for which argument o Good grammar, spelling, sentence structure