<p>Chapter 11 Social Psychology x</p><p>Chapter 12 Social Psychology</p><p>Learning Objectives</p><p>Introduction: What Is Social Psychology?, p. 498</p><p>1. Define social psychology, and describe the two areas of social cognition and social influence.</p><p>Person Perception: Forming Impressions of Other People, pp. 498–502</p><p>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.</p><p>3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using social categories and implicit personality theories, and note the effects of physical attractiveness on person perception. </p><p>Attribution: Explaining Behavior, pp. 503–506</p><p>4. Define attribution and the fundamental attribution error, and discuss how the fundamental attribution error explains people’s tendency to “blame the victim” of misfortune.</p><p>5. Define and provide examples of the attributional biases, including the actor-observer discrepancy, the self-serving bias, and the self-effacing bias.</p><p>6. Identify cultural differences in patterns of attributional biases.</p><p>The Social Psychology of Attitudes, pp. 506–509</p><p>7. List the components of an attitude, and identify the conditions under which attitudes are most likely to determine behavior.</p><p>8. Define cognitive dissonance, identify how it occurs, and discuss how it is typically resolved. </p><p>Understanding Prejudice, pp. 509–515</p><p>9. Define prejudice and stereotypes, discussing the role of social categories, in-groups, and out-groups in stereotype formation. </p><p>10. Explain how the out-group homogeneity effect, in-group bias, and perceptions that out-group members threaten resources or values can lead to prejudicial attitudes.</p><p>11. Discuss the implications of the “Robbers Cave” study and the jigsaw classroom technique for combating prejudice, and describe how individuals can overcome prejudicial attitudes.</p><p>Conformity: Following the Crowd, pp. 515–518</p><p>12. Define social influence and conformity, and discuss the findings of Solomon Asch’s research on conformity.</p><p>13. Identify the factors that influence conformity, and explain how culture affects conformity.</p><p>1 Chapter 11 Social Psychology x</p><p>Obedience: Just Following Orders, pp. 518–525</p><p>14. Define obedience and discuss the experimental design and results of Milgram’s obedience experiments.</p><p>15. List and explain the factors in Milgram’s original experiments that promoted destructive obedience.</p><p>16. List and explain the conditions identified by Milgram in later experiments that tended to decrease the level of destructive obedience.</p><p>17. Discuss the ethical objections to Milgram’s use of deception in his obedience experiments, and describe some of the applications of the social influence research to real-world events.</p><p>Helping Behavior: Coming to the Aid of Strangers, pp. 525–528</p><p>18. Describe how the controversy surrounding the murder of Kitty Genovese triggered the study of bystander helping behavior. </p><p>19. Distinguish between altruism and prosocial behavior, and list the factors that increase the likelihood of a bystander coming to the aid of a stranger. </p><p>20. Define the bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility, and explain how these and other factors played a role in the death of Kitty Genovese.</p><p>The Influence of Groups on Individual Behavior, pp. 529–533</p><p>21. Explain how the presence of other people can strongly influence individual behavior, resulting in social loafing, social striving, social facilitation.</p><p>22. Define deindividuation, describe its potential consequences, and identify the conditions under which it tends to occur.</p><p>Application: The Persuasion Game, pp. 532-533</p><p>23. Define persuasion, describe common persuasive tactics, and list suggestions for counteracting persuasion tactics.</p><p>2</p>