Soc375 Social Psychology

Learning Goal: I’m working on a sociology question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

The following questions require you to apply information from across the semester to real life scenarios. Please answer the following questions in a few sentences:

1. Consumer behavior and social psychology intersect in a variety of ways, most of them focusing on how situational influences may affect consumers’ purchasing, using, and disposing behavior. What are some ways in which this can occur?

2. How could fundamental attribution error and confirmation bias influence perceptions of a crime’s cause? What role does the representative heuristic play in arrests?

3. From a social psychology perspective, what kinds of problems can occur when a jury is trying to determine the guilt/innocence of a defendant?

4. How might social psychology be applied to hiring contexts within a company?

5. How might social psychology explain how hard employees work for their company?