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Theory and Research in Social Psychology

For this assignment, first select one social psychology theory or concept of interest to you from the list below:

• Self-perception theory.

• Agent self.

• Appraisal motive and self-enhancement motive.

• Self-handicapping.

• Self-serving bias.

• Over-justification effect.

• Confirmation bias.

• Actor/observer bias.

• False consensus effect and false uniqueness effect.

• Theory perseverance.

Once you have selected a theory or concept, search in the Capella library to locate two scholarly research articles on the theory or concept. Use these articles to complete the following:

• Explain the theory or concept you selected.

• Describe the purpose of each study in the articles.

• Describe the research methods used in each of the studies.

• Explain the research findings for each study.

• Present specific examples of the theory or concept in practice.