AP Psychology
Social Psych
Spring 2014
Barron’s Book
Chapter 14 (273-290)
Social Psychology
(8-10% of the Test)
Chapter 16 (Pages 672-721)
Social Thinking
Attribution Theory
Attitudes
Dispositional Attribution
Central Route Persuasion
Situational Attribution
Peripheral Route Persuasion
Fundamental Attribution Error
Compliance Strategies
*Self-Fulfilling Prophecy*
-Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon
*False-Consensus Effect*
-*Door-in-the-Face
Phenomenon*
Role
Cognitive Dissonance
Conformity
Chameleon Effect
Mood Linkage
Normative Social Influence
Informational Social Influence
Prejudice
Stereotypes
Discrimination
Blame-the-Victim
Ingroup
Outgroup
Ingroup Bias
*Outgroup Homogeneity*
*Ethnocentrism*
Scapegoat Theory
Other-Race Effect
Just-World Phenomenon
Social Influence
Obedience
Group Influence
Social Facilitation
*Social Impairment*
Social Loafing
Deindividuation
Group Polarization
Groupthink
Social Relations
Aggression
Attraction
Frustration-Aggression Principle Mere Exposure Effect
Catharsis Hypothesis
Passionate Love
Companionate Love
Equity
Self-Disclosure
Conflict
&
Peacemaking
Altruism
Bystander Effect
*Pluralistic Ignorance*
Diffusion of Responsibility
Social Exchange Theory
-Reciprocity Norm
-Social-Responsibility Norm
Social Traps
Mirror-Image Perceptions
Superordinate Goals
GRIT
Attribution Theory
 What does Attribution refer to & what are its effects?
 Understand Rosenthal & Jacobson’s Study on Self-Fulfilling Prophecies. (Barron’s)
Attitude
 Understand the difference between central route persuasion & peripheral route persuasion.
 Understand the different compliance strategies.
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How does Role-Playing affect attitudes?
Be able to describe Philip Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment.
Understand Leon Festinger’s Hypothesis about Cognitive Dissonance.
Conformity
 How much is our behavior affected by the behavior of others?
 Understand Solomon Asch’s study on conformity & its results.
 What conditions strengthen conformity?
 Understand the difference between normative social influence & informational social influence.
Obedience
 Understand Stanley Milgram’s experiment & its results.
 What factors did Milgram find that affected the rate of obedience?
 What lessons can be taken from studies on conformity & obedience?
Group Influence
 How does the presence of others influence us (Social Facilitation, Social Loafing, & Deindividuation)?
 Know the difference between Social Facilitation & Social Impairment (Barron’s).
 Understand group dynamics (Group Polarization & Groupthink)
 Understand the difference between Social Control & Personal Control.
Prejudice
 Know the difference between Prejudice, Stereotypes, & Discrimination.
 Understand examples of both Overt Prejudice & Subtle Prejudice in our society.
 What implicit racial prejudices exist in our society?
 Understand how Social Inequalities lead to prejudice.
 Understand how the formation of Ingroups and Outgroups lead to the formation of prejudice.
 Understand Outgroup Homogeneity (Barron’s).
 Why do people scapegoat?
 How do Categorization, Vivid Cases, & The Just-World Phenomenon contribution to the formation of prejudice.
Aggression
 Understand the Genetic Influences, Neural Influences, & Biochemical Influences on Aggression.
 What Social & Cultural factors contribute to Aggression.
 What effect does Aggressive Modeling have on us? Do Video Games encourage aggression?
 What is the Catharsis Hypothesis & is it true?
Attraction
 Understand the conclusions of research on attractiveness.
 What is the difference between Passionate Love & Companionate Love?
Altruism
 What was shown by John Darley & Bibb Latane’s research into Bystander Intenvention?
 Why do we help other people?
Conflict & Peacemaking
 What factors increase conflict?
 What factors encourage peace-making & Cooperation?