Chapter:1
1. Define social psychology and discuss its nature
2. Discuss how social psychology attempts to
understand the causes of social behaviour.
3. Write a note on social psychology and its focus
on behaviour.
4. Analyse the advances made by social
psychology/ Elaborate on how social psychology
has advanced its boundaries.
5. Write a detailed note on social neuroscience.
6. Elaborate on the role of implicit processes and
social diversity on social psychology
8. Explain systematic observation and correlation
research method in social psychology.
9. Write an explanatory note on experimental
method.
10. Write a detailed description of role of theory
in social psychology.
11. Write a short note on quest form knowledge
and rights of individuals/ Write a note on ethics in
social psychological research.
Chapter:2 SOCIAL PERCEPTION
Long answers:
1.Define social perception and elaborate in the
role of non-verbal communication on
understanding others./ Elaborate on the basic
channels of non verbal communication.
2. Discuss the role of non-verbal cues in social life.
3. Elaborate on the process of recognising
deception.
4. Define attribution and describe the
correspondant inference theory of attribution.
5. Analyse Kelley’s theory of covariation/casual
attribution.
6. Write an explanatory note on basic sources of
errors in attribution.
7. Discuss the process of impression formation
and impression management.
Short Note Questions:
1. Facial Expression
2. Eye contact
3. Touching behaviour
4. Para-language
5. Facial feedback hypothesis
6. Moods and deception
7. Fate attribution VS personal choice
8. Action identification and attribution process
9. Fundamental attribution error
10. Self-serving bias
11. Actor-observor effect
12. Attribution and depression
13. Attribution and terrorism
14. Impression management
Chapter 3:
1. Define attitude and elaborate the process of
attitude formation
2. Explain the role of social context and attitude
strength/ strength of attitude in influencing
behaviour.
3. Elaborate on Attitude Extremity, Attitude
Certainity and role of personal experience to
understand the interplay between attitude
and behaviour.
4. Write an explanatory note on persuasion.
5. Discuss the coginitive processes underlying
persuasion.
6. Describe the various techniques used for
resisting persuasion.
Chapter 4:
1.Discuss affiliation as an important internal
source of liking others.
2. Do our moods play a role in liking others?
Discuss the role of affect in liking others.
3. Elaborate on the power of proximity as an
important source of attraction.
4. Discuss the effects of social media on
proximity.
5. What is the role of physical beauty in inter
personal attraction?
6. Explain crucial aspects that make a person
physically attractive.
7. Write an explanatory note on social skills which
generate liking in others. (Refer 7.3.3)
8. Elaborate on the link between personality
traits and liking.
9. Write an explanatory note on social skills and
liking
10. Discuss Sternberg's triangular model of love.
(also include the diagram, nature of love and
components of love)
11.Write an explanatory note on relationship
with parents with special reference to four
contrasting attachment styles.
12.Write an explanatory and detailed note on
friendships.