Name______________
Handout: Social Psychology Essay
Date___________
Social Psychology
The concepts of social psychology affect our relationships with others every. Your task is
to write a paper explaining how these concepts affect your relations with either: family or
friends.
You must explain ONE behavior you have with your family or friends. For example, why
you chose to go along with the senior prank to wear t-shirts that broke school policy. You
can explain this ONE behavior with ONE OR MORE social psychology concepts.
Here are some concepts we discussed in class
 Fundamental Attribution
 Effects of Attitude on Action (Theory Foot-in-the-door Phenomenon, Cognitive
Dissonance, Role-Playing)
 Conformism
 Obedience
 Authority
 Social Facilitation
 Social Loafing
 Deindividuation
 Group Polarization
 Group Think
 Agentic State Theory
Your essay must be typed and no longer than 3 pages.
RUBRIC
0-6.5
6.5-7.75
Quality of
Writing
Writing quality has
many spelling
errors and poor
sentence structure.
Paragraphs do not
meet conventional
writing structure.
Writing quality has
some spelling
errors and some
mistakes in
sentence structure.
Paragraphs writing
structure is
unorganized.
Connection
Made Between
Social
Psychology
Concepts &
Personal Life
It is not clear that
the student
understands the
concepts of social
psychology and
they connect it to
their personal
experience
It is somewhat
clear that the
student
understands the
concepts of social
psychology and
they connect it to
their personal
experience
8-8.75
Paper typed. Write
quality has very
little spelling
errors and sentence
structure and some
paragraphs have a
main idea and
supporting
evidence
It is clear that the
student
understands the
concepts of social
psychology and
they connect it to
their personal
experience
9-10
Paper typed.
Obvious effort was
put into correct
spelling and
sentence structure.
Each paragraph
has one main idea
and supporting
evidence
It is very clear that
the student
understands the
concepts of social
psychology and
they connect it to
their personal
experience