Theory and Research in Social Psychology
For this assignment, first select one social psychology theory or concept of interest to you from the list below:
• Self-perception theory.
• Agent self.
• Appraisal motive and self-enhancement motive.
• Self-handicapping.
• Self-serving bias.
• Over-justification effect.
• Confirmation bias.
• Actor/observer bias.
• False consensus effect and false uniqueness effect.
• Theory perseverance.
Once you have selected a theory or concept, search in the Capella library to locate two scholarly research articles on the theory or concept. Use these articles to complete the following:
• Explain the theory or concept you selected.
• Describe the purpose of each study in the articles.
• Describe the research methods used in each of the studies.
• Explain the research findings for each study.
• Present specific examples of the theory or concept in practice.