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A.P. Psychology Chapter Learning Objectives: Chapter 12
Introduction: What Is Social Psychology?
1.
Define social psychology, and describe the two areas of social cognition and social influence.
Person Perception: Forming Impressions of Other People
2. Define person perception, describe the components of the interpersonal context in which person
perception occurs, and explain the basic principles that guide person perception.
3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using social categories and implicit personality theories
in forming perceptions of other people.
4. Note the effects of physical attractiveness on person perception, including the possible role of brain
reward in making eye contact with physically attractive people.
Attribution: Explaining Behavior
5. Define attribution and the fundamental attribution error, and discuss how the fundamental attribution
error is involved in people’s tendency to “blame the victim” of misfortune.
6. Define and provide examples of the attributional biases, including the actor-observer discrepancy, the
self-serving bias, and the self-effacing bias.
7.
Identify cultural differences in patterns of attributional biases.
The Social Psychology of Attitudes
8. List the components of an attitude, and identify the conditions under which attitudes are most likely
to determine behavior.
9.
Define cognitive dissonance, identify how it occurs, and discuss how it is typically resolved.
Understanding Prejudice
10. Define prejudice and stereotypes, and discuss the role of social categories, in-groups, and out-groups
in stereotype formation.
11. Explain how the out-group homogeneity effect and in-group bias can lead to prejudicial attitudes.
12. Discuss the implications of the “ Robbers Cave” study and the jigsaw classroom technique for
combating prejudice, and describe the steps that individuals can take to overcome prejudicial attitudes.
Conformity: Following the Crowd
13. Define social influence and conformity, and discuss the findings of Solomon Asch’s research on
conformity.
14. Identify the factors that influence conformity, and explain how culture affects conformity.
A.P. Psychology Chapter Learning Objectives: Chapter 12
Obedience: Just Following Orders
15. Define obedience and discuss the experimental design and results of Milgram’s obedience
experiments.
16. List and explain the factors in Milgram’s original experiments that promoted destructive obedience.
17. List and explain the conditions identified by Milgram and other researchers that decrease the level of
destructive obedience and help people resist illegal or unethical orders from authority figures.
18. Explain the social psychological factors that contributed to abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib, and
describe the findings of the Stanford Prison Experiment
Helping Behavior: Coming to the Aid of Strangers
19. Describe how the controversy surrounding the murder of Kitty Genovese triggered the study of
bystander helping behavior.
20. Distinguish between altruism and prosocial behavior, and list the factors that increase the likelihood
of a bystander coming to the aid of a stranger.
21. Define the bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility, and explain how these and other factors
played a role in the death of Kitty Genovese.
The Influence of Groups on Individual Behavior
22. Explain how the presence of other people can strongly influence individual behavior, resulting in social
loafing, social striving, or social facilitation.
23. Define deindividuation, describe its potential consequences, and identify the conditions under which it
tends to occur.
Application: The Persuasion Game
24. Define persuasion, describe common persuasive tactics, and list suggestions for counteracting
persuasion tactics.