Social Dilemma Research

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The complexity of social interactions stemming from strongly held beliefs and values among people groups are never more pronounced than in social dilemmas past and present. Theories of social psychology not only help us understand the dynamics involved in social dilemmas but also help us consider methods for analyzing them through a theoretical framework. Analyzing the social dilemma through a Christian lens, also allows you to consider those elements of the dilemma that might not be explained through theories, but instead might be viewed through a perspective of faith.
This assignment requires you to examine the research literature around a past or present social dilemma to gain an understanding of how dilemmas arise, evolve, and sometimes resolve or dissipate over time. This is a multi-part assignment with each part separately graded and due in different weeks throughout the term. Refer to the Assignments List for specific dates
Instructions Part 1
1. Review the research literature in the online APU Library or Google Scholar to identify two different social dilemmas you might analyze in part 2.
2. Identify and briefly describe at least 3 relevant theories of social psychology that might be relevant to either dilemma Cite scholarly/authoritative sources in your descriptions of the theories and their relevance to the dilemma.
3. Identify 6 scholarly or authoritative articles (3 for each dilemma) that will provide a basis from which to write your research paper. Use the Assignment Requirements of Part 2 as your guide of concepts that will be addressed in part 2.
4. Compose an annotated bibliography of the selected articles that you have identified and will use in part 2 for your research paper.

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tell her her food is for weirdos “Yuckorama!”. Everyone laughs, and Yoko finishes her day sad and down. But Mrs. Jenkins has a plan and decides to host an International Food Day. She asks all the students to be open-minded and try everything. Yoko’s mother made sushi for everyone in the class. Everything was eaten but her sushi. But then Timothy, a raccoon, tries Yoko’s sushi and Yoko shows him how to use the chopsticks to eat it. By the end of the book they are fast best friends planning to open their own lunch restaurant serving up tomato sandwiches and dragon rolls.

Visiting Day Picture Book/Poems
Woodson, J., & Ransome, J. (2015). Visiting Day. New York: Puffin Books.
With her grandma’s love and guidance, a young girl and her grandmother prepare for a very special day of the month – the one day they go to visit the girl’s dad in prison. “Only on visiting day is there chicken frying in the kitchen at 6 a.m, and Grandma in her Sunday dress, humming soft and low.” A neighbor brings presents for Daddy, and grandma and the girl share their food with strangers on the bus on the way. While the little girl and grandmother get ready to visit her father, who adores her, he is also getting ready too. The young girl is very excited to see her father and the girl imagines what preparations her father might be making for the day she goes to see him; she imagines him crossing off days on a calendar next to artwork by her with red hearts. Told from the nonjudgmental perspective of the young girl, there is no mention of why Daddy is incarcerated or what he did, the book focuses only on how much Daddy loves her and their relationship. The young girl and Grandma share a feeling of hope and family, from frying chicken in the morning to the bus ride to sitting down to draw more pictures for Daddy when she gets home.

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