PSYCHOLOGY UNIT 2 - AOS 1
CHAPTER 9 & 10 - TEST REVISION
Social influences, pro-social & anti-social behaviour
You will need to revise and prepare notes on the following topics for your Chapter 9 & 10 test. You will have one
short lesson to complete the test. There will be multiple choice and short answer questions on the topics below.
CHAPTER 9:
 Social influence
 Groups
 Characteristics of a group
 Difference between group & collective/aggregate
 Status
 Power
 Types of power (reward, coercive, legitimate, referent, expert & informational)
 Social hierarchies
 Roles
 Role expectations
 Zimbardo’s Standford Prison Experiment
 Ethical issues
 Milgram’s experiments on obedience
 What is obedience?
 Factors affecting obedience
 Social proximity, legitimacy of authority figure, group pressure
 Ethical issues
 Asch’s experiments on conformity
 What is conformity?
 Factors affecting conformity
 Group size, unanimity, informational influence, normative influence, culture, social loafing,
deindividuation (including anonymity in a group & shift in a attention)
 Peer groups
 Peers & characteristics of peer groups
 Friendships
 Cliques
 Peer pressure
 Gender differences
 Risk-taking behaviour
 Gullone & Moore’s 4 types: thrill-seeking, reckless, rebellious, anti-social
 True/False quiz pg 412
 Chapter 9 test pg 413
CHAPTER 10:
 Pro-social behaviour
 Factors influencing pro-social behaviour
 Personal factors (mood, competence, empathy)
 Situational factors (noticing the situation, interpreting the situation & taking responsibility for the
situation - including bystander effect)
 Social norms (reciprocity norm & social responsibility norm)
 Factors influencing reluctance to help: diffusion of responsibility, audience inhibition & cost-
benefit analysis
 Altruism
 Anti-social behaviour
 Aggression (four perspectives: psychodynamic, ethological, biological & social learning)
 Bullying
 Gender differences
 Causes of bullying
 True/False quiz pg 453
 Chapter 10 test pg 454