Imagine that our country is under threat of imminent nuclear attack. You must make the important decision of who to allow into the nearest fall-out shelter. There are 12 people vying to get in, but you can choose only five. Your choices include:

a 40-yr-old violinist who is a suspected narcotics pusher

a 60-yr-old architect

a 26-yr-old lawyer who will only go in if he can bring his wife

the lawyer's 24-yr-old wife who has just gotten out of a mental hospital

a 70-yr-old rabbi

a 34-yr-old retired prostitute who was so successful that she has been living on her annuities for five years

a 12-yr-old girl with a below-average IQ

a male high school student who needs a wheelchair to get around

a 20-yr-old gang member

a 23-yr-old female Catholic graduate student who speaks publicly on the virtues of chastity

a 28-yr-old male physicist who will only come into the shelter if he can bring his gun

a 19-yr. old college student who has just come out of the closet

PART 1: (2 points for each of the 12 responses): (24 points).number each of your responses from #1 through #12

Which five individuals do you choose? Why did you select those five?

As well, why didn't you choose the other 7 individuals? Provide a detailed response for each of the 12 individuals.

PART 2: (3 points for each of the 4 responses): (12 points)number each of your responses from #1 through #4

Choose 4 of the individuals from the 12 listed above. Then select a separate concept for each individual (from the social psychology concepts listed below). (note: in other words, you must choose 4 different concepts)

For each individual, define the concept (do not plagiarize) and then be specific as to how you think this concept applies to either your selection of that individual or your decision not to select that individual.

Please choose from the following social psychology concepts:

Attitudes and social influence (e.g. norms, systematic vs. heuristic persuasion)

Attributions

Group categorization

Stereotypes

Prejudice (positive and negative)

Discrimination

Survival: Frustration-aggression, reproductive selectivity, and/or evolution

Correspondence bias

Reciprocal altruism

Cognitive dissonance

Length: minimum of 600 words