AP Psych
R. Letter
Social Psych Objectives
PART I – Chapter 17
1.
Define social psychology.
2.
Compare and contrast self-concept and self-esteem (we discussed in Development
unit, too!)
3.
Describe the relationship of reference groups to the process of self-evaluation.
Define relative deprivation. (See social comparison).
4.
Define social identity. Discuss the theory of social identity.
5.
Discuss how self-schemas affect our vulnerability to psychological disorders.
6.
Define social perception. Describe the influences, including the role of schemas, on
impression formation. Explain why impressions are difficult to change.
7.
Define self-fulfilling prophecies. Discuss the relationship between self-fulfilling
prophecies and impressions.
8.
Define attribution. Describe the three criteria used in making attributions and
explain how they influence whether we make an internal or external attribution.
(see text & notes)
9.
Define the fundamental attribution error and give an example of it. Define actorobserver bias and the self-serving bias and give examples of each.
10.
Define attitudes. Describe the cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of
attitudes and give an example of each.
11.
Discuss the factors that promote attitude-behavior consistency.
12.
Define cognitive dissonance, and describe the process of reducing it.
13.?
Define self-perception theory. Describe the influence of past behavior on attitudes,
according to the self-perception theory.
14.
Define stereotype, prejudice, and discrimination.
15.
Compare and contrast the motivational, cognitive, and learning theories of
stereotypes and prejudice (I have notes to give you on this later in week).
16.
Describe the contact hypothesis. Discuss the specific conditions necessary for the
contact hypothesis to hold true.
Social Psych Objectives
PART II – Chapter 18
1.
Define norms and describe their influence on social behavior.
2.
Define deindividuation and describe the factors that cause it.
3.
Define and give examples of social facilitation and social impairment. Describe the
social factors that influence motivation and define social loafing.
4.
Compare and contrast conformity and compliance. Describe the role of norms in
conformity and compliance.
5.
Describe the factors that lead to conformity.
6.
Explain the strategies for inducing compliance, including foot-in-the-door, door-inthe-face, and low-ball techniques. (text and class notes/examples)
7.
Define obedience. Describe Milgram’s study and his findings on obedience.
8.
Name and describe the factors that influence obedience.
9.
Discuss the ethical considerations in carrying out an experiment like Milgram’s.
10.
Define aggression and understand influences on aggression.
11.
Describe the role of learning and cultural mechanisms, including observational
learning, in aggression.
12.
Define the frustration-aggression hypothesis. Describe the role of arousal and
transferred excitation in aggression.
13.
Define environmental psychology and describe the environmental influences on
aggression.
14.
Discuss how the arousal: cost-reward theory explains helping behavior. Define
diffusion of responsibility.
15.
Describe the empathy-altruism and evolutionary theories of helping.
16.
Define cooperation, competition, and conflict.
17.
Define social dilemmas and the it-for-tat strategy. Describe the research findings
form experiments with the prisoner’s dilemma.
18.
Define zero-sum games. Describe the four main causes of interpersonal conflict.
Explain why managing conflict effectively is better than trying to eliminate it.
19.
Define groupthink. What can be done to minimize it from happening?