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AP Psychology
Social Psychology Study Guide
Study Guide Requirements:
 Answer all questions in complete sentences, and in your own words.
 Your answers should be hand-written neatly in your notebook.
 Underline key terms in each question.
 Staple a copy of the study guide to the front of your packet when you turn it in.
1. Distinguish between social psychology and personality psychology.
2. Describe attribution theory. Be sure to define and provide an example of the following
terms in your response:
1. Situational attribution
2. Person/dispositional attribution
3. Fundamental attribution error
3. a. What is an attitude?
b. Under what specific conditions will someone’s attitudes actually guide his/her
behavior?
c. Explain the foot-in-the-door phenomenon, and describe situations where it might
have a positive or negative outcome. How does it compare to door-in-the-face?
d. Explain cognitive dissonance theory, including a description of how someone
resolves the feeling of cognitive dissonance. Be sure to include a real-life example!
4. a. Define the following terms, providing a real-life example of each:
1. Prejudice
2. Stereotype
3. Discrimination
4. In-group
5. Out-group
6. In-group favoritism
7. Out-group homogeneity effect
b. In what ways can social and economic inequalities contribute to prejudice? Be sure to
define and use scapegoat theory in your answer.
c. Describe the cognitive roots of prejudice. Be sure to define and use just world
phenomenon in your answer.
5. a. Define the following terms, providing a real-life example of each:
1. conformity
2. obedience
b. Explain why people conform in certain situations by defining and applying normative
social influence and informational social influence in your response.
c. Describe the lessons learned from Milgram’s obedience experiments.
6. Define the following terms, providing a real-life example of each:
1. Social loafing
2. Social facilitation
3. Deindividuation
4. Group polarization
5. Groupthink
6. Self-fulfilling prophecy
7. a. Describe what happened to Kitty Genovese.
b. Define and provide a real-life example of the following terms:
1. Bystander effect
2. Diffusion of responsibility
c. According to social exchange theory, why do people help others?
d. Define and provide an example of altruism.
e. In what ways can superordinate goals be used to solve conflicts?
8. Describe the 3 elements of attraction. Define and provide an example of the mere
exposure effect in your answer.