For each topic at AS Level you must be able to outline and explain a key issue using concepts and ideas from the approach.For Social Psychology you need to be able to explain what happened when the guards at Abu Ghraib abused the prisoners in their care and try to explain why they did it using the studies of obedience and prejudice, Milgram's Agency Theory and Tajfel's Social Identity Theory.
The links below will help you to do this:
- For a link to a documentary about Abu Ghraib prison and the abuses, click here
- For a link to an article about The Psychology of Tyranny click here
- For a link to an interview with Lyndie England, the female guard who took part in the abuses, click here
- For a really good interview with Lydie England in the Guardian newspaper after her release from prison click here
- For a link to an interview with Zimbardo - the Psychologist who spoke at the guard's defence in court, click here
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