Social Psychology - test August 22
This part of the course focuses on how individuals relate to one another in social situations. Social psychologists study social attitudes, social influence, and other social phenomena.
AP students in psychology should be able to
Vocabulary (click for pdf)
Ppt Presentation (click for pdf)
Answers to the multiple-choice questions at the end of each module in the unit (click for pdf)
The Psychology Commune (click to link to website) has self-grading tests to help you practice/review the material.
The Psychology Commune as has great summaries of social psychology (click to link to website).
Try the Social Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Article - The Cocktail Party Effect
Article - Hazing at Penn State
Article - How Cult Leaders Brain Wash Followers for Total Control
Video - Crash Course on Social Thinking
Video - Crash Course on Social Influences
Video - Crash Course on Prejudice and Discrimination
Video - Crash Course on Aggression vs Altruism
Click here for the answers to the social psych examples worksheet.
The links below take you to the Myers textbook resources:
Attribution, Attitudes, & Action
*Flashcards - Module 74
*Module 74 Flip It Video - Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Conformity & Obedience
*Flashcards - Module 75
*Module 75 Flip It Video - Normative Social Influence
Group Behavior
*Flashcards - Module 76
*Module 76 Flip It Video - Social Facilitation and Social Loafing
Prejudice & Discrimination
*Flashcards - Module 77
*Module 77 Flip It Video - Ingroup and Outgroup Bias
This part of the course focuses on how individuals relate to one another in social situations. Social psychologists study social attitudes, social influence, and other social phenomena.
AP students in psychology should be able to
- Apply attribution theory to explain motives (e.g., fundamental attribution error, self-serving bias).
- Describe the structure and function of different kinds of group behavior (e.g., deindividuation, group polarization).
- Explain how individuals respond to expectations of others, including groupthink, conformity, and obedience to authority.
- Discuss attitudes and how they change (e.g., central route to persuasion).
- Predict the impact of the presence of others on individual behavior (e.g., bystander effect, social facilitation).
- Describe processes that contribute to differential treatment of group members (e.g., in-group/out-group dynamics, ethnocentrism, prejudice).
- Articulate the impact of social and cultural categories (e.g., gender, race, ethnicity) on self-concept and relations with others.
- Anticipate the impact of behavior on a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- Describe the variables that contribute to altruism, aggression, and attraction.
- Discuss attitude formation and change, including persuasion strategies and cognitive dissonance.
- Identify important figures in social psychology (e.g., Solomon Asch, Leon Festinger, Stanley Milgram, Philip Zimbardo).
Vocabulary (click for pdf)
Ppt Presentation (click for pdf)
Answers to the multiple-choice questions at the end of each module in the unit (click for pdf)
The Psychology Commune (click to link to website) has self-grading tests to help you practice/review the material.
The Psychology Commune as has great summaries of social psychology (click to link to website).
Try the Social Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Article - The Cocktail Party Effect
Article - Hazing at Penn State
Article - How Cult Leaders Brain Wash Followers for Total Control
Video - Crash Course on Social Thinking
Video - Crash Course on Social Influences
Video - Crash Course on Prejudice and Discrimination
Video - Crash Course on Aggression vs Altruism
Click here for the answers to the social psych examples worksheet.
The links below take you to the Myers textbook resources:
Attribution, Attitudes, & Action
*Flashcards - Module 74
*Module 74 Flip It Video - Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Conformity & Obedience
*Flashcards - Module 75
*Module 75 Flip It Video - Normative Social Influence
Group Behavior
*Flashcards - Module 76
*Module 76 Flip It Video - Social Facilitation and Social Loafing
Prejudice & Discrimination
*Flashcards - Module 77
*Module 77 Flip It Video - Ingroup and Outgroup Bias