SEMESTER SPRING 2020

Social Psychology (PSY403)

ASSIGNMENT No. 01

Due Date: June 08, 2020 Marks: 20

Assignment Objectives:

After completion of assignment students will be able:

 To comprehend the basic difference between psychological social psychology and

sociological social psychology
 To grasp the basic concepts of experimental research design

Task 1:

Being a student of social psychology, please elaborate the differences between the sociological
social psychology and psychological social psychology? (5)

Task 2:

Below given are few research hypotheses of experimental researches. Please read them in detail
and identify the independent and dependent variables from the hypotheses. Also, justify your
selection by giving at least 2 points. (3*5=15)
Scenario Identification of variables Justification
(2*5=10) (1*5=5)
Independent Dependent
variable variable
Children who are
more exposed to
violent TV programs,
show more aggressive
behavior.
People who are more
exposed to external
environments are
more vulnerable to
illness anxiety
disorders now a days.
Homesickness
increases the feeling
of being discriminated
in international
students in United
states of America.
Socially excluded
people donate less
money to fund for
poor students.
Children with high
self-esteem are more
altruistic in behavior.

Instructions to follow:
 1. Please record your answers in the given table otherwise your assignment will be graded
as ZERO.
Important Instructions:

Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment
solution.

Deadline:

Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date.

No assignment will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been
uploaded by the instructor.

Formatting guidelines:

is advised to compose your document in MS-Word.

Solution guidelines:

Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an
analytical assignment.

, don’t rely only on handouts but watch

the video lectures, use other reference books and explore different web links.

Rules for Marking

Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:
It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word)

journals etc…