Social Psychology Network Case Study

The Social Psychology Network (SNL) is a professional organization with a large number of members. The organization is found online through a website. The purpose of the (SNL) is research, educate, and the promote psychology (Social Psychology Network, 2016). In this essay I will discuss the theoretical perspectives of social psychology with information obtained from the website. I will look at and discuss psychologist’s studies as they relate to each subject.
Ayse K. Uskul is a Reader at the University of Kent. She has a Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology from York University. Her main focus research interests are Culture and Ethnicity (Social Psychology Network. ,n.d.). Socio-cultural perspectives, focuses on social behavior based off of people’s culture. (PSY 530 Lecture1, 2016). In one of Ayse K. Uskul studies, she discusses the difference between East Asia, North America, and Western Europe people (culture wise). The objective of the study is to understand

Todd is an Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Northwestern University, 2009. His research of interests are social cognition (Social Psychology Network. ,n.d.). Social cognition is described as what people pay attention to and how they interpret, use, store, and retrieve information (PSY 530 Lecture1, 2016). In his study, he discusses the stereotype of black men in the United States. How they’re viewed as dangerous and threatening. Many of the stereotypes are formed from media or another source, but how strong are these stereotypes? The study consisted of 24 college students; each participant was shown 12 photographs of Caucasian men and 12 photographs of black men. Some photos eye-gaze direction was direct and some the eye-gaze direction was averted. The results showed that the black faces with direct eye-gaze had a higher threatening rating than the Caucasian male faces with direct eye-gaze. For the photographs that averted eye-gaze results were the