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CU QAnon Social Media Sites and Self Categorization Theory Question

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I’m trying to learn for my Psychology class and I’m stuck. Can you help?

1. Patty was first exposed to QAnon theories while watching YouTube. Soon, she was a follower of over a dozen QAnon social media sites and spent 4+ hours each day immersed in QAnon information. Using 1) Social Identity Theory, 2) Self-categorization Theory and 3) Optimal Distinctiveness Theory, explain the process through which Patty develops an identity as a QAnon follower.

a.   Social Identity Theory  (list the steps and process). 

b.   Self-Categorization Theory 

c.    Optimal Distinctiveness Theory 

2. Many QAnon followers believed that Donald Trump would prevent Joe Biden from taking office on January 20th. Explain the process of Cognitive Dissonance experienced by a) Casual followers b) Committed QAnon followers after the January 20th inauguration. 

a)   Casual followers 

b)   Committed followers

3. Name and describe ONE experiment in which IAT scores predicted biased behavior. Please cite the study and authors.

Methods:

Results

4. Consider the following measures of Bias. Answer For each measure listed below

a.   The Implicit Association Test. https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.ht… 

1.   Type of bias measured

2.   Strengths of this instrument: 

3.   Limitations of this instrument

b.   The Police Officer’s Dilemma.  http://psych.colorado.edu/~jclab/FPST.html 

1.   Type of bias measured

2.   Strengths of this instrument

3.   Limitations of this instrument

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