Choose one or more theories from social psychology and use it to provide a critical overview of the way group dynamics affects our understanding of other people’s behaviour.
Your critical overview should evaluate historical and contemporary perspectives regarding how your chosen theory is understood, how it has developed through time and how it can be applied to the study of group dynamics today. You should also reflect on application to the real world, ethical considerations and socio-cultural differences in research related to group dynamics.
You should draw upon one or more theories presented in the module on the outlined concept above. Here is a proposed structure for the assignment: • Introduction (suggested word count of 300 words) Introduce the key concept and key theories you are going to focus on, also outline the real-world application you are centring your discussion towards. • Main Body (suggested word count of 2,400 words) First, you should describe the theories you have chosen (approx. 800 words) Next, evaluate the theories (approx. 800 words) along the following parameters: its historical and contemporary developments, and limitations as well as socio-cultural differences, acknowledge the subjective nature of individual experience and discuss the significance of this, consider the strengths and limitations of the theory in its ability to describe and define the key concept and people’s experience of it. Finally, discuss the application of the theories to real-world contexts (approx. 800 words) • Conclusion (suggested word count of 300 words) Summarise your key points and debates
Use any scholarly articles