chapter 14 – social psychology
8-10 questions on the AP exam will come from
this chapter
That is a whole letter grade!
Terms, people and experiments to know
Attribution theory
Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Actor-observer bias – will have to look up bc it is not in
your text
Attitudes
Central route of persuasion
Peripheral route of persuasion
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Zimbardo experiment – p. 647-648
Cognitive dissonance
Chameleon effect
Mood linkage
Conformity
Asch conformity line experiment
Conditions that increase conformity
Normative social influence
Informational social influence
Milgram obedience experiment
Factors affecting obedience
Social facilitation
Social loafing
Deindividuation
Group polarization
Groupthink
How culture affects our behavior
Norms
Personal space
Social control
Personal control
Prejudice
Stereotype
Discrimination
Implicit and explicit prejudice (p. 666)
Blame-the-victim
Social identity
Ingroup
Outgroup
Ingroup bias
Scapegoat theory
Outgroup homogeneity effect
Other race effect/own race bias
Just world phenomenon
Hindsight bias
Blaming the victim
Aggression
Frustration aggression hypothesis/principle
Proximity
Mere exposure effect
Reward theory of attraction
Passionate love
Companionate love
Equity
Self-disclosure
Altruism
Kitty Genovese murder
Darley and Latane
Diffusion of responsibility
Bystander effect
Best chances of someone showing altruistic behavior
Cost-benefit analysis/social exchange theory
Reciprocity norm
Social-responsibility norm
Conflict
Social trap
Mirror-image perceptions
Self-fulfilling prophesies
Superordinate goals
For most of the terms I have listed, there is an
experiment or example listed in the book that goes
along with it. Pay special attention to those because
some quiz and test questions will reference these.
Always pay attention to lists or reasons.