Week 6 - Social Influences on the Individual

Session 14 - Social Influences on the Individual

This session introduces students to the next unit of work for this semester. Students need to read through 374 - 376 of the textbook and complete the following:

• Develop their own definition of a 'group';
• Copy down the 'Types of Power' table (pg 376) in their workbook and provide two of their own original examples for each type of power.
• Complete Learning Activities 9.1 and 9.3 in workbook.

This must be finished by next session.

Session 15 - Status & Power

This session opens with a recap on the concepts covered last session - this is covered in the 'Social Influence on the Individual' PowerPoint.

The other key concepts and activities include:

• Status
• Power
• Summer Heights High - Ja'mie Status and Power Activity
• Introduction to Stanford Prison Experiment

Students are to read through pages 379 - 381 of the textbook to get an overview of the SPE. Also read through The Age media article and complete Learning Activity 9.7 in workbooks.