{"id":24700,"date":"2023-07-20T00:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T00:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/wk-3-summative-assessment-power-persuasion-obedience-conformity-and-social-roles\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T00:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T00:27:54","slug":"wk-3-summative-assessment-power-persuasion-obedience-conformity-and-social-roles","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/wk-3-summative-assessment-power-persuasion-obedience-conformity-and-social-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Wk 3 &#8211; Summative Assessment: Power, Persuasion, Obedience, Conformity, and Social Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">This week you read about several experimental and historical examples of when people were observed acting against their own will or conscience, given the right set of circumstances. There are also plenty of historical examples of those in power who took advantage of individuals\u2019 obedience and conformity to social pressures or the pressures of authority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Select<\/strong> 1 of the social experiments that you read about this week (Zimbardo, Asch, Milgram) and <strong style=\"font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">identify<\/strong> a current event or situation that similarly illustrates obedience and conformity. Like the social experiments you studied, the event you choose should also raise questions of ethics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Write <\/strong>a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that includes the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding: 0px 3rem 0px 1.5rem; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Compare and contrast the experiment you selected with the contemporary situation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Identify the social roles of participants and what behaviors reflect those roles.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Examine the specific behaviors of the participants.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 4.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss the internal and external consequences of the participants\u2019 behaviors, for example, shunning, passivity, degradation, and insolence.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Explain how social roles in the contemporary situation resulted in the outcome.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Describe a realistic alternative scenario that could have resulted in a different, more ethical outcome for this situation. Relate this alternative scenario to a concept in social psychology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Include<\/strong>\u202fa minimum of 3 sources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Cite<\/strong> any sources to support your assignment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Format<\/strong> your sources according to APA guidelines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Submit<\/strong> your assignment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"line-height: inherit; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week you read about several experimental and historical examples of when people were observed acting against their own will or conscience, given the right set of circumstances. 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