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Well, for those of us about to take the Open University Critical Social Psychology exam tomorrow. An image to instill a bit of confidence: All the best to everyone for tomorrow afternoon – it’s been great being part of the course with you all this year. I’ve been trying to write practice essays and essay plans over the last couple of days. Conclusion: I probably know more than enough to get through the DD307 exam on Thursday, but it’s going to be a struggle writing it down on paper! Take this afternoon for example. I managed to write around 800-900 words in 50 minutes for a question on prejudice and conflict. However, as the question was actually focussed on approaches to conflict reduction I spent too little time talking about that at the end of the essay and too much time talking about Adorno, Rokeach, Fisher, . . . → Read More: My hand hurts It’s funny how certain topics tend to stick in your mind and others don’t. I’ve spent most of today so far revising the attitudes and attributions chapters. With attitudes, I now feel absolutely confident that I can tackle any of the previous questions, so if something similar comes up on Thursday I should be fine. As for attributions though, I simply can’t get Langdridge and Butt’s critique straight. It still makes little sense to me! However, I’m hoping that I can use Merleau-Ponty’s argument about the overvaluing of empiricism and intellectualism elsewhere, as I do understand that part of it . . . → Read More: Attitudes and attributions Today’s revision efforts have been focussed on production of knowledge. Of all of the blocks in the module, this has been my favourite. I enjoyed writing the final TMA on individual differences (and really enjoyed the mark that I got for it) and both of the two probable exam chapters are fascinating as well. If I get a choice on the exam, I’m still leaning towards writing about bystander intervention and Francis Cherry’s critique of Darley and Latanės work. There are so many angles to critique and counter critique from, the course themes of power and situated knowledges are everywhere . . . → Read More: Existential football – a.k.a. the production of knowledge revisited Having spent the day going through the group processes block, I’ve now decided that if I get the choice, I’d rather answer a question centred on conflict and prejudice than intragroup processes and entitativity. This goes against what I’d originally planned for this block, which was to primarily focus on intragroup processes, but I’m glad I’ve recognised that now, rather than in the pavilion at Derbyshire County Cricket Club next Thursday afternoon! It’s not that the subject matter of entitativity is difficult to remember – it’s just that answers to previous year’s questions seem more difficult to structure than those . . . → Read More: DD307 revision – group processes revisited Revising group processes seems to be far more difficult than either production of knowledge or social judgement. The sheer number of studies in the prejudice and conflict chapter makes it difficult to see the woods from the trees, but I think I can just about make a critical argument or three now. Anyway, enough of me rambling, here are the photographs. I'm relaxed about the DD307 exam, even if you aren't All ready to start the day The garden bench could do with a bit of TLC Today's fruit is a tomato Off to visit . . . → Read More: DD307 revision – a weekend of photographs: day 2 Rather than write a post about revision today, I’ve been taking photographs instead. My aim this weekend is to produce seven A3 handwritten sheets that I can use during the week to remind me of the things I know (in blue and black – one for each “opposing” perspective in the chapters) and the stuff I still need to learn (in red). Today has been about attitudes, attributions, bystander intervention and embodiment. Tomorrow will be the three group processes chapters. This is today’s story: All organised for a day's DD307 revision to start – with coffee! I don't . . . → Read More: DD307 revision – a weekend of photographs: day 1  |
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