Contemporary Issues in Social Psychology

This document details how we can use big data, such as social media usage and profiles to predict the mental health of those that use it. This document details research that has tried to predict mental health issues such as depression from social media profiles and how we can use google search trend...

This document is a qualitative, philosophical take on how people can resist social constructs around the ideal body type. It also examines adverts that highlight the ideal body type and how they have changed throughout history. Furthermore, this uses a Foucauldian ideology when examining bodies with...

How does celebrity worship arise and why do we feel so connected to celebrities? This document details how reality tv and social media can lead to a one way relationship between the general public and celebrities and how this can become a mental illness.

Unlike an artists’ self-portrait, the selfie is inherently replaceable and has a disposable quality. • Research suggests that the primary role of photography has shifted from commemorating special events and remembering family life, to a way of communicating to our peers, forming our own ...

If more people are exposed to ads, do sales increase? The answer is YES! This is the stuff of data science, not pseudoscience. Big data provides us with opportunities to see how different aspects of the environment are related, but they cannot tell us what factors cause particular behaviours. ...

•Evolutionary biologists say it is natural for humans to look up to individuals who receive attention, because they have succeeded in a society. In prehistoric times, this would have meant respecting good hunters and elders. But as hunting is not now an essential skill and longevity is more widely...

We have discussed the roots of Social Representation Theory and how Social Representation Theory paved the way for more critical approaches in Social Psychology • We have discussed what representations are and how they can help us understand our social world • We have outlined Social Represent...

We have explored neoliberalism in relation to the body and how discourses are applied to the fat body •We have discussed resistance and how resistance can look •We discussed how discourse can constrain and shape resistance to it

What's the difference between stereotype, prejudice and racism? How are they all related? How does this relate to social behaviour? Can we ACTUALLY reduce prejudice outside the lab? Are stereotypes accurate?

Psychology has had difficulties in accounting for social behaviour. The power of context has been undervalued. But what gives social situations power? When do people choose one group over another? When is one group ID salient over another? What happens when two groups are similar?

There are many factors that can influence health, but one that is frequently undervalued is that of social identity. These notes explore how your social identity can be a prominent predictor of mental health issues such as depression and PTSD, but also physical health illnesses such as stroke and di...

We have discussed how neoliberalism can impact on our behaviour, and how selfie-taking can become totemic of who we are, and the social expectations we do or do not adhere to We have also discussed about how we think about our bodies and the bodies of others through social media, that the body can ...

Critical Social Psychology is a key driving force within this block We understand the body as i) embodied, ii) a discursive product The body is social We can think of social media as a further space to build/represent/maintain/advance the social norms, expectations, and practices around the body

We have discussed the integral role that media plays in sharing and shaping social representations. The media has a constructive hand in how we receive messages, and these are taken up into social representations, which ultimately become part of our social realities. Organ donation demonstrates that...