BPCC-107 EM 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (BPCC 107)

Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA)

Course Code: BPCC 107

Assignment Code: Asst /TMA /2025-26

Total Marks: 100

NOTE: All questions are compulsory.

PART A Assignment One

Answer the following questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries 20 marks.

1. Discuss the various components and types of group. Explain the stages of group formation
2. Explain the various causes and theoretical approaches to aggression.

Assignment Two

Answer the following questions in about 100 words each. Each question carries 5 marks.

3. Causes and outcomes of conflict.
4. Strategies for Gaining Compliance.
5. Types of schema.
6. Errors and Biases in Attribution.
7. Attitude Formation.
8. Types of leadership.

PART B  Tutorial

Note: You need to complete the activities as instructed. Please attempt the activities in a coherent and organized manner. The word limit for each activity is around 700 words. Each activity is 15 marks. For the activities, you need to refer to self-learning material, and any other relevant offline or online resources.

1. Shrinka employed different strategies which led to maximum utilisation of his cognitive resources in minimum cognitive efforts; consequently leading to an automatic, rapid, spontaneous and effortless social thought process. Discuss the various mental shortcuts that can be used by him. Explain the various sources of errors that can take place in social cognition.
2. Collect the attitude of at least 15 persons (of any age above 12yrs) from your neighbourhood on animal welfare. Make a collective report of their attitude and suggest the factors that resist persuasion (attitude change).