Unit 14 Social Psychology

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College Board Objectives: Social Psychology

Topic 9.1 Attribution Theory and Person Perception

9.A Apply attribution theory to explain motives

Examples: Fundamental attribution error, self serving bias, false consensus effect, confirmation bias, just world hypothesis, halo effect

9.B Articulate the impact of social and cultural categories on self-concept and relations with others:

Examples: Gender, Race, Ethnicity

9.C Anticipate the impact of self-fulfilling prophecy on behavior.

9.2- Attitude Formation and Attitude Change

9.D Identify important figures and research in the areas of attitude formation and change:

Examples: Leon Festinger

9.E Discuss attitude formation and change, including persuasion strategies and cognitive dissonance:

Examples: central route of persuasion, peripheral route of persuasion, cognitive dissonance, elaboration likelihood model

9.3- Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience

9.F Identify the contributions of key researchers in the areas: of conformity, compliance, and obedience.:

Examples: Solomon Asch, Stanley Milgram, Philip Zimbardo

9.G Explain how individuals respond to expectations of others, including groupthink, conformity, and obedience to authority.

9.4- Group Influences on Behavior and Mental Processes

9.H Describe the structure and function of different kinds of group behavior.

9.I Predict the impact of the presence of others on individual behavior:

Examples: Bystander effect, social facilitation, social inhibition, group polarization, deindividuation, diffusion of responsibility, in group, out group bias, reciprocity norms, social norms, social traps, prisoner’s dilemma, conflict resolution, superordinate goals

9.5- Bias, Prejudice and discrimination

9.J Describe processes that contribute to differential treatment of group members.:

Examples: in group/out group dynamics, ethnocentrism, prejudice, bias, discrimination, scapegoat theory, stereotype, out group homogeneity bias, mere exposure effect

9.6- Altruism and Aggression

9.K Describe the variables that contribute to altruism

9.7- Interpersonal Attraction

9.L Describe the variables that contribute to attraction.