Unit 13: Social Psychology
Date
4/9
4/10
4/11
4/12
4/15
4/16
4/17
4/18
Topic
Intro to Social Psychology
Attribution
Attitudes and Actions
Conformity and Obedience
Group Influence
Group Influence
Cultural Influence
The Power of Individuals
4/19
4/22
4/23
4/24
4/25
Prejudice and Discrimination
Attraction
Altruism; Conflict and Peacemaking
Test
FRQ
Assignment
Attribution: 460-461
Attitudes: 464-465 & Changing Attitudes: 468-472
Conformity, Compliance, & Obedience: 473-476
Social Action: 477-480
Cultural Influence: 473; Review Sheet due
Leadership: 480-482
Social Cognition: 458-459 & Prejudice and
Discrimination: 466-468
Interpersonal Attraction: 461-464
Helping Behavior: 478-479
Notecards due tomorrow
Unit Objectives
1. Describe what social psychologists study.
2. Explain attribution theory and the fundamental attribution error as well as the effects of
attribution.
3. Explain how attitudes affect action and actions affect attitudes.
4. Describe how role-playing affects attitudes.
5. Describe the ways in which attitudes can be changed.
6. Define cognitive dissonance theory.
7. Differentiate between conformity, obedience, and compliance.
8. List the conditions that strengthen conformity.
9. Describe the reasons for conformity.
10. Differentiate between normative and informational social influence.
11. Describe how behavior is affected by the presence of others.
12. Describe the effects of group interaction.
13. Describe how cultural norms affect our behavior.
14. Differentiate prejudice from discrimination.
15. Describe the social, emotional, and cognitive roots of prejudice.
16. Describe how proximity, physical attractiveness, and similarity affect love.
17. Differentiate between passionate love and companionate love.
18. Describe when people are most and least likely to help others.
19. Describe how social traps and mirror-image perceptions fuel social conflict.
20. Describe how feelings of prejudice, aggression, and conflict can be transformed into
attitudes that promote peace.
21. Describe major research studies and findings of social psychologists including the studies by
Zimbardo, Ash, and Milgram.
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Names:
Fundamental Attribution Error
Attitudes
Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon
Role
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Central v. Peripheral Route to Persuasion
Conformity v Obedience v Compliance
Normative v Informational Social
Influence
Social Facilitation
Social Loafing
Group Polarization
Groupthink
Culture
Norms
Prejudice v Discrimination v. Stereotype
Ingroup v. Outgroup
Other-Race Effect
Just-World Phenomenon
Mere Exposure Effect
Altruism
Bystander Effect
Social Exchange Theory
Reciprocity Norm
Social-Responsibility Norm
Social Traps
Mirror-image perceptions
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Designated Review Unit - Unit 7: Motivation and Emotion
Solomon Asch
John Darley and Bibb Latané
Leon Festinger
Irving Janis
Stanley Milgram
Muzafer Sherif
Philip Zimbardo