ASSIGNMENT: "Social Psychology Definition Paper"

Prepare at minimum a 2,000 word paper (no maximum) in which you examine the discipline of social psychology. As a part of your examination, be sure to address the following items:

Define social psychology.

Discuss how social psychology differs from other related disciplines (e.g., clinical psychology, general psychology, sociology).

Explain the role of research in social psychology.

Choose one of the major famous experiments in Social Psychology's history and explain the relevance of it to social psychology (choose from: Milgram, Zimbardo, Asch, Sherif)

Choose a subfield of social psychology research and find recent research in the field and explain the importance of that research - it should be peer reviewed (from the library)

Any assignment that has more than 15% of the paper quoted (properly or improperly) will be subject to a point deduction or discipline action in the case of intentional plagiarism. You may run your paper through the UoPX Plagiarism Detector to ensure compliance.

Be sure that you view the rubric for a more thorough discussion of paper requirements. It has been attached.