Each group presents one or more examples of social behavior and possible explanations of this/these behaviors (with the other students as an audience). The examples could be about aggression, altruism, attraction, prejudice, obedience and/or cooperation. The explanations could be based on the literature and/or the lectures. You are allowed to be critical towards presented theories and explanations and introduce own theories and explanations. The examples of social behavior could be something that you have experienced yourself, something you have read about, or taken from a film (you can bring the film and present one or more clips).
Procedure:
- Submit description of group project topic <- Send in a short summary of the topic you will present, by the date and time specified on that page. Your summary should be maximum the extent of an abstract (around 200 words). This will be used as a part of the examination, so make sure the names of ALL contributing group members are on this document.
- Presentation: Each group has 20 minutes, including 5 minutes for questions and discussion. That is, the presentation should not take more than 15 minutes. You attend the full session that your group is in (morning or afternoon).
- Submit raw script of group presentation <- On the day of the presentation, each group submits a raw script of their own presentation. This will be used as a part of the examination, so make sure the names of ALL contributing group members are on this document.
Presentation
The presentations will take place on campus. The presentations can be in Swedish or English. As a student you can set up your own meeting to practice, see that the technology works, etc. Prepare your presentation so that you know who will say what and when (in other words, you should NOT improvise at the presentation). Make sure to note the times of your clips, so that you won't have to spend time on searching for the clips at the presentation. It might be good to save a file with the exact clips you want to show, and in the right order. Please save and bring your power point, clips etc on a USB stick.
Attendance
Attendance is mandatory for the full session your group is assigned to (morning or afternoon). You are of course welcome to listen to the presentations in the other session as well. If a group must switch between the morning and afternoon, the whole group has to be in agreement, find a group with which to switch (so that the number of groups in the respective sessions are constant) and notify Andreas about the switch. If only one person must switch between morning and afternoon they have to find someone to swap with in another group and notify Andreas about the switch, before the groups starts working on their projects.
Examples of earlier presentations:
• Group processes on “Survivor” and among youngsters in the film ‘The Beach’.
• Cognitive dissonance among German soldiers during the Second World War.
• Self-sacrificing altruism between parents and offspring – examples from the films ’Vertical limit’ and ’Armageddon’.
• Why do people exercise?
N.B. due to possible ethical predicaments, you should NOT conduct your own experiments, or film people who have not agreed to be filmed.
If you, for some reason, cannot or will not take part in this presentation, contact Kimmo for instructions about an extremely difficult and laborious alternative individual assignment.