Download STUDY GUIDE: UNIT 14 – SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 596. social

STUDY GUIDE: UNIT 14 – SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
596. social psychology
597. attribution theory
598. fundamental attribution error
599. attitude
600. peripheral route persuasion
601. central route persuasion
602. foot-in-the-door phenomenon
603. role
604. cognitive dissonance theory
605. conformity
606. normative social influence
607. informational social influence
608. social facilitation
609. social loafing
610. deindividuation
611. group polarization
612. groupthink
613. culture
614. norm
615. prejudice
616. stereotype
617. discrimination
618. just-world phenomenon
619. ingroup
620. outgroup
621. ingroup bias
622. scapegoat theory
623. other-race effect
624. aggression
625. frustration-aggression principle
626. social script
627. mere exposure effect
628. passionate love
629. companionate love
630. equity
631. self-disclosure
632. altruism
633. bystander effect
634. social exchange theory
635. reciprocity norm
636. social responsibility norm
637. conflict
638. social trap
639. mirror-image perceptions
640. self-fulfilling prophecy
641. superordinate goals
642. GRIT
Module 74
74-1: What do social psychologist study? How do we tend to explain others’ behavior and our own?
Social psychology
Attribution theory; fundamental attribution error
74-2: Does what we think affect what we do, or does what we do affect what we think?
Attitudes & actions
Peripheral route to persuasion & central route to persuasion; foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Role playing; cognitive dissonance theory
Stanford Prison Study (P. Zimbardo)
Module 75
75-1: What is automatic mimicry, and how do conformity experiments reveal the power of social influence?
Conformity & social norms
Acsh Conformity Study
Normative social influence & informational social influence
75-2: What do Milgram’s obedience experiments teach us about the power of social influence?
Milgram Obedience Study
Individual Resistance
Module 76
76-1: How is our behavior affected by the presence of others?
Social facilitation
Social loafing
Deindividuation
76-2: What are group polarization and groupthink, and how much power do we have as individuals?
Group polarization
Groupthink
Power of individuals
76-3: How do cultural norms affect our behavior?
Variations across cultures
Variations over time
Module 77
77-1: What is prejudice? What are its social and emotional roots?
3 components of prejudice
Stereotypes & discrimination
Race
Gender
Ingroup & outgroup; ingroup bias
Scapegoat theory
77-2: What are the cognitive roots of prejudice?
Forming categories
Remembering vivid cases
Believing the world is just
Module 78
78-1: How does psychology’s definition of aggression differ from everyday usage? What biological factors make us more prone to hurt one
another?
Genetic Influences
Neural Influences
Biochemical Influences
78-2: What psychological and social-cultural factors may trigger aggressive behavior?
dealing with aversive events
learning aggression is rewarding
observing models of aggression
acquiring social scripts
violent media & video games
Module 79
79-1: Why do we befriend or fall in love with some people but not others?
Proximity; mere exposure effect
Physical attractiveness
Similarity
79-2: How does romantic love typically change as time passes?
Romantic love vs. companionate love
Module 80
80-1: When are we most –and least- likely to help?
Altruism
Bystander effect
80-2: How do social exchange theory and social norms explain helping behavior?
Social norms
Reciprocity norm
Social-responsibility norm
80-3: How do social traps and mirror-image perceptions fuel social conflict?
Conflict
Social traps
Mirror-image perceptions
Self-fulfilling prophecies
80-4: How can we transform feelings of prejudice, aggression, and conflict into attitudes that promote peace?
Superordinate goals
Communication
GRIT