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Social Psychology
Social Psychology
Person perception Attribution processes Interpersonal attraction Attitudes Conformity and obedience Behavior in groups
Person Perception: Forming Impressions of Others
Effects of physical appearance Cognitive/social schemas Stereotypes Subjectivity in person perception
Illusory correlation Evolutionary perspectives
Ingroup - outgroup
Attribution Processes: Explaining Behavior Attributions
Internal vs. ExternalAttributions in success and failure
Biases in attributionsFundamental attribution error Defensive attributionSelf-serving bias – credit self for
success, blame situation for failure Cultural influences
Individualism – collectivism
Close Relationships: Liking and Loving
Key factors in attraction Physical attractiveness Matching hypothesis Similarity, Reciprocity
Perspectives on love Hatfield & Berscheid – Passionate vs.
Companionate love Sternberg – Intimacy, commitment, &
passion Hazen & Shaver – love as attachment Attachment styles – attachment
anxiety/avoidance Evolutionary perspectives
Mating priorities Mate poaching – Buss
Internet and close relationships
Attitudes and Attitude Change 3 components
cognitive, affective, and behavioral Factors in changing attitudes
persuasionsource, message, channel, and receiver
Theories of attitude changeLearning theory○ Classical conditioning and advertising
Dissonance theory – Festinger & Carlsmith (1959)
Self-perception theory Elaboration likelihood model
Yielding to Others: Conformity Conformity – Solomon Asch (1950s)
Group norm behaviorClassic experiment ○ Group size○ Group unanimity
ComplianceConforming to requested behavior○ Foot-in-door○ Door-in-the-face
Yielding to Others: Obedience Obedience – Stanley Milgram (1960s)
Controversial landmark experiment – Figure 16.16○ 65% gave highest shock level○ Many variations of basic experiment
“I was just following orders”○ presence of a dissenter
Behavior in Groups: The Power of the Situation Social Roles Gender Roles Stanford Prison Study
Behavior in Groups: The Influence of Other People The bystander effect -
Darley and Latane (1968)Diffusion of responsibility
Group productivity and social loafing
Decision making in groups Group Polarization Groupthink
Bay of PigsNASA Shuttle disaster
Understanding Prejudice
Prejudice as an attitude Prejudice and discrimination Bias attribution of success and
failure Group competition – Sherif et al.
(1961) study – field experiment Ingroups and outgroups Threats to social identity