1. Choose a piece of advice from the popular media relevant to the social psychology of attitudes. Your chosen advice does not have to be related to a topic that we have covered in class (you may choose advice related to topic that we have covered in class if you want), but it must be relevant to the social psychology of attitudes.
• Example: “People are born with prejudice, so there is no point in trying to reduce it”
2. Find one (1) popular culture/media source that provides this advice (or an example of your chosen advice). You can use any non-scholarly popular culture, popular media, social media source (print or online) as long as you cite that source correctly using APA format (this includes Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, blogs, online videos, YouTube videos, etc. posts – See this link for more information on how to cite social media in APA)
3. Provide a brief introduction at the beginning of your assignment. In your introduction:
• Tell the reader your chosen advice and describe the popular media source of your chosen advice. For example, you can quote and describe a news article, a blog, a social media post, a book, a video, etc. as long as it is relevant and properly cited using APA format (See this link for more information on how to cite social media in APA).
• Define any key concept(s) that the reader should know.
– You can use lecture slides, textbooks or scholarly journal articles for your definitions as long as you cite them appropriately.
4. Provide a discussion of whether you agree (i.e., think that the advice is good) or disagree with your chosen advice (i.e., think that the advice is bad).
• It is up to you which you choose. Alternatively, you can have a mixed opinion of the advice (i.e., think that it is both good and bad).
In your discussion, you must:
• Clearly state your position on the advice
• Support your position by reviewing at least two original, empirical, scholarly
journal articles that provide relevant evidence.
o Be sure to provide a brief summary of the relevant information from the
articles.
• Explain why you trust the evidence that you have reviewed.
o Provide a critique of the evidence that you reviewed.
Examples:
• Article #1 provides experimental evidence that shows that interventions designed to reduce prejudice are effective and article #2 provides cross-cultural and meta- analytic empirical evidence that shows that prejudice can be reduced.
This is just an example. The main point is that you should aim to choose articles that provide good evidence that supports your position.
5. Provide some final thoughts on your chosen popular advice. Focus on either of the following:
i. If you thought that the advice was good, what is one (1) caveat or caution that you would give?
ii. If you though that the advice was bad, what would you recommend instead?
Regardless of which of the above options you chose, support your final thoughts using at least one (1) original, empirical, scholarly journal articles that provides relevant evidence.
The same article restrictions above also apply to the articles chosen for this criterion.
6. Provide a reference list (APA format). Your reference list should include all of your sources.
RESTRICTIONS ON ARTICLE SELECTION:
• Your articles must be published in the year 1990 or after (Any exceptions must be approved by the instructor).
• You can use review articles in your paper. (N.B. A review article reviews/summarizes the current research on a particular topic/question and does not include any data collection or analysis of empirical data).
i. Note, given the length, it may be difficult to summarize review articles. You can use review articles to HELP you find the original, empirical journal articles (see the “How To Find Articles” Tutorial on Quercus)
• You can use meta-analyses to fulfill in your paper. (N.B. A meta-analysis uses statistical procedures to analyze the empirical results of several previously published studies. It does not involve collection of primary data).
• You cannot use dissertations, theses, or articles published in Dissertation Abstracts International to anywhere in your paper as these sources are not peer- reviewed.
• You cannot use articles published in non-scholarly sources (e.g., Wikipedia, popular culture magazine or blogs, etc.) except to provide the source/example of your chosen advice.
*** For more, clear and detailed instructions, please read the pdf file of the final paper instructions that is provided below
All the lecture slides pdf are provided below
Textbook: Maio, G. R., Haddock, G., & Verplanken, B. (2018). The Psychology of Attitudes & Attitude Change (3rd edition). Los Angeles: Sage.
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