This discussion activity is designed to help you to better understand the material as well as allow the teaching staff know which areas need more elaboration.  This activity is for edification only and will not be scored or included in your final grade.

Post in Lesson 1 Discussion Activity

Please formulate an answer to the following question and then respond to the other students who have posted. Also answer any responses to your own posts. 

Question:
Clearly WWII had a huge impact on Social Psychology.  Foremost this war had an impact by bringing Social Psychologists to the US as they fled Nazi Germany.  A second impact of WWII was focusing research on issues that would aide the American public.  For example, convincing women to enter the workforce in defense factories, to ration food products, and to continue their support of the "war effort."  Given the current events of today (e.g., Terrorist Attacks of 9/11 and others, Gulf War), how do you imagine social psychology is being impacted by this?  What topics do you believe social psychologists should study to be most useful at this point in history?  Be sure your answers are well thought out from a scientific (NOT A POLITICAL) point of view.

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Participate in the discussion by:
	Logging into Blackboard and going to the psyc320 online course. Going to the Discussions area. Choosing the topic for this lesson and module. Posting a message of your own. Responding to other students posts by clicking on them and pressing the Reply button. Referring to this course's Help Pages for additional assistance.