Psychology Question

Discussion/ will post response after discussion is turned in 

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. All posts and responses must be at least 150 words, contribute to the discussions, and connect to research or your readings. 

Due Thursday 

Respond to the following in a minimum of 150 words: 

Social cognition is about perceiving others and how we process the people and the world around us. 

How do people categorize things and people as either familiar and safe or unfamiliar and possibly dangerous? 

Why do people categorize? 

Can you escape categorization? 

How does this impact us and how we navigate the world? 

If we cannot escape categorization, can we ever eliminate prejudice? 

Think about your current work situation—how there is certain work that is handled by individuals and work that is handled by teams. 

When should we use groups to solve problems versus having an individual complete the work? 

Discuss how your answer aligns with the theories and insights from the textbook. 

Due Monday 

• Post 2 replies to classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.
• Wk 4 – Summative Assessment: How Social Influence Impacts the Workplace [due Mon]
• Exam Content
• We can all imagine a time when working with teams helped motivate and inspire us and helped us accomplish a significant feat. When interacting with others, it is important to consider how we can show empathy and be respectful.
  This needs to be submitted in Power Point as an attachment, no papers will be accepted in PDF or as a Google Document link.
  Assume you are working for a company that provides HR training.
  Create an 10-12 slide (title and references slides are not included in this slide count) professional quality PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes that addresses the following:
  Complete the following in your presentation:
• Provide an overview of the organization you chose.

Discuss the theories and concepts about how prejudice and stereotypes occur.

How should this organization effectively raise awareness regarding stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination? (Challenge yourself to go beyond the response of providing training, be creative with what they could do to address these issues.)

• Based on the information you have obtained about this organization, what recommendations could you provide the company to help them more effectively work with different personalities, individual differences, or gender differences in the workplace?
• Discuss how these strategies align with the recommendations in the readings.

Discuss how these factors may serve to benefit or hinder the organizational culture.