Study Guide SOCIAL INFLUENCE & SOCIAL THINKING
Describe the results of Asch’s experiments on conformity, and distinguish between
normative and informational social influence.
Summarize the findings from Milgram’s obedience studies.
List the conditions under which obedience was highest in Milgram’s studies.
Discuss how the presence of others may produce social facilitation, social loafing or
deindividuation.
Describe group polarization, and show how it can be a source of groupthink,
Discuss how personal control and social control interact in guiding behavior, and explain
how a minority can influence the majority.
Provide a brief definition of the following KEY TERMS:
Describe the roles of social inequalities, ingroup bias, and scapegoating in prejudice.
Discuss the cognitive roots of prejudice.
Describe the impact of biology, aversive events, and learning experiences on
aggressive behavior.
Discuss the media effect on sexual violence.
Comment on the impression of women that pornography frequently conveys and the
effects this impression has on attitudes and behavior.
Summarize the findings of the Zillmann and Bryant study on the effects of pornography
on attitudes toward rape.
Identify factors that fuel conflict.
Identify the determinants of social attraction.
Distinguish between passionate and companionate love.
Explain what the reward theory of attraction is and how it can account for the three
predictors of liking – proximity, attractiveness and similarity.
Describe and explain the bystander effect.
Discuss how social exchange theory and social norms explain altruism.
Identify the circumstances in which a person is most likely to offer help during an
emergency.
Discuss effective ways of resolving conflict.
Provide a brief definition of the following KEY TERMS:
Social psychology
Conformity
Normative social influence
Informational social influence
Social facilitation
Social loafing
Deindividuation
Group polarization
Group think
Prejudice
Stereotype
Discrimination
Scapegoat theory
Just-world phenomenon
Aggression
Conflict
Social trap
Mere exposure effect
Passionate love
Companionate love
Altruism
Bystander effect
Social exchange theory
Superordinate goals
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