Overview of Unit 2 – 2010-2015: Self and Others

Self and Others

Area of Study 1: Interpersonal and Group Behaviour

Keep of the grass
How does being with other people influence our behaviour? What influences us to obey or disobey? These are the types of questions that are central to this area of study.

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♦Classic and contemporary theories and studies relating to the formation and change of attitudes

♦Attitude formation

♦Attitudes towards people, e.g., stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination

♦Measurement of attitudes, e.g., observational studies and self report methods, including Likert scales

♦Social influence

♦Status and power within a group

Obedience, conformity and group influences on behaviour; Milgram’s study of obedience

Pro-social behaviour

Improvisation
Voluntarily helping another person is also known as prosocial behaviour.

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♦Anti-social behaviour

♦Research methods and ethical principles

Outcomes: Test/s and a research investigation on an attitude chosen by student using a Likert scale

Area of Study 2: Intelligence and Personality

♦Ways of describing intelligence

  • Binet

  • Wechsler

  • Gardner

  • Sternberg

  • Cattell-Horn-Carroll

  • Salovey and Mayer

♦Measuring intelligence including

  • Intellignece Quotient (IQ)

  • Stanford-Binet test

  • Wechsler’s intelligence scales

  • Gardner

  • Sternberg

  • Cattell-Horn-Carroll

  • Salovey and Mayer

♦Ways of describing personality including theories:

  • Psychodynamic theories

  • Trait theories

  • Humanistic theories

♦Influence of genetic and environmental factors

♦Measuring personality

♦Research methods and ethical guidelines for intelligence and personality testing

Outcomes: Test/s and a case study on personality undertaken by the student

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