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Social media use is an integral part of contemporary culture. Human interactions and transactions
are occurring in virtual spaces—through platforms for social networking, dating, shopping, news,
advocacy, and work. Have you ever wondered how this ubiquitous presence of social media
might be influencing how we think about and perceive ourselves and others?
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL
MEDIA USE
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For this Discussion, you examine social media usage through the social psychology concepts you
have studied so far in this course.
RESOURCES
Resources
Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020), Psychology 2e. Openstax.
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Chapter 12.1, “What is Social Psychology”
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Time Estimate: 13 min
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License v4.0
Jhangiani, R. & Tarry, H. (2022). Principles of social psychology (1st international
H5P ed.). BCcampus.
Chapter 5.1, “Initial Impression Formation”
(chapter/initial-impression-formation/)
Read the section titled: “Key Takeaways” only.
Time Estimate: 1 min
Copyright © 2022 by Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani and Dr. Hammond Tarry is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License,
except where otherwise noted., except where otherwise noted.
The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley. (2022).
Test your emotional intelligence: How well do you read other people?
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Time Estimate: 15 min
Simons, D. (2010, March 10). Selective attention test
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Note: This video shows a selective attention task to demonstrate social
perception and misperception.
Post a 150- to 200-word response, in which you:
Select one of the following social psychology topics that you have studied so far in this
course and identify it in the first line of your post:
Self-monitoring (
Social comparison (
First (chapter/initial-impression-formation/)
impressions ( of others
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Prosocial behavior (part/helping-and-altruism/)
Attitude ( change
(chapter/changing-attitudes-through-persuasion/)
Cognitive (
media.waldenu.edu/2dett4d/Walden/PSYC/2005/CD/index.html) dissonance
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Attributions for behavior (
what-is-social-psychology)
Explain the connection between the topic you selected and social media usage. Be
specific and include an example.
Describe in what ways this connection can create a positive or negative experience for
the people involved. Be specific and include an example.
To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work with information
from the Learning Resources.
Be sure to review the Week 4 Discussion Rubric to understand the specific grading criteria
your Instructor will use to evaluate your work.
Respond to at least one colleague’s initial post about a topic different than the one you
chose, in one of the following ways:
Explain how another topic from this week’s Learning Resources applies to the example
your colleague described.
Disagree with a colleague by respectfully discussing and supporting a different
perspective.
Time Estimate: 2 min
BY DAY 3
BY DAY 5
To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work with information
from the Learning Resources.
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