Your task for Assessment 2 is to write an essay describing and explaining the role of empathy and the group-based emotion of collective guilt in the prediction of negative attitudes towards Indigenous Australians. You must compare and contrast two social psychological theories which offer an explanation for this inter-group behaviour.

In this topic we can identify the following concepts:

empathy, group-based emotion, collective guilt, negative attitudes, Indigenous Australians

Brainstorming synonyms (similar words) or related terms will help you to identify words that can be used to start searching with.

Draw up a table with two columns: in the left column you will write the keywords from your topic; and in the right column you will enter as many synonyms or similar terms as you can.

Here's a couple of examples to get you started.

Two benefits of brainstorming keywords:

1. The language used to describe your topic may vary from source to source, and you don't want to miss out on a good source because it uses a different term to the one you are using in your search.
2. Thinking about your topic in this way forces you to describe your topic in other words, which will provide you with some useful keyword alternatives while helping you to cement your understanding of the topic.

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias can help you to find additional keywords and get an overview of the concept.