Question 1:

(a) Define social psychology and explain how it is different from social psychology, sociology and philosophy.

(b) Using appropriate examples, explain how the self esteem approach and the self cognition approach can help understand people's basic human motives.

Question 2:

what are the origins of the self? Explain all the ways that we get to know ourselves.

Question 3:

Explain the theory of cognitive dissonance and how it makes us maintain a positive self-image, engage in rationalizing behavior and to justify our decisions.

Question 4:

Explain the two theories of interpersonal attraction. What are the different factors that cause attraction in humans?