PSY380: Introduction to Social Psychology

Professor Denise Sekaquaptewa

REVIEW SHEET

EXAM 3

DATE & TIME: Thursday, April 13th, 11-12 noon (please arrive early)

LOCATIONS: See the course website under Annoucements.

COVERS: All lectures 3/16 - 4/06, Chapters 9 - 13 in your textbook, final two Coursepack articles.

Concepts & Terms

Chapter 9

nonsocial vs. social groups

social facilitation

simple vs. difficult tasks

dominant response

why does the presence of others cause arousal?

social loafing

--gender and cultural differences

deindividuation

roles in social groups

Zimbardo's Stanford Prison study

leadership and great person theory

Feidler's contingency theory of

--leadership

--task-oriented v. relationship-

--oriented leader

gender and leadership

divisible vs. unitary tasks

additive task

conjunctive task

disjunctive task

process loss

failure to share unique information

groupthink

group polarization

culture-value theory

social dilemma

--Prisoner's Dilemma

--Tit-for-tat strategy

--public good dilemma

--commons dilemma

negotiation (trucking game)

integrative solution

Chapter 10

Antecedents of Attraction

--propinquity effect

--mere exposure effect

--similarity

Physical Attractiveness on Liking

--cultural standards of beauty

--assumptions about attractive people

Social Exchange Theory

--comparison level & comparison level for alternatives

Equity Theory

Companionate Love

Passionate Love

Triangular Theory of Love

Love Styles

Investment Model

Exchange Relationships

Communal Relationships

Evolutionary Approach to Love

Attachment Styles

--secure

--avoidant

--anxious/avoidant

Chapter 11

prosocial behavior

altruism

evolutionary perpective on helping

--kin selection

--norm of reciprocity

--social norms

social exchange theory & helping

empathy-altruism hypothesis & helping

personal determinants of helping

--altruistic personality

how to increase prosocial behavior in kids

--gender differences

--cultural differences

mood & helping

--feel good-do good

--negative state relief

when will people help?

Rural vs. urban setting

--(urban overload hypothesis)

bystander effect

bystander intervention

decision tree

--pluralistic ignorance

--diffusion of responsibility

communal vs. exchange relationahips & helping

ways to increase helping

Chapter 12

Hostile vs. Instrumental Aggression

aggression across cultures

aggression in the Deep South

amygdala, testosterone, alcohol

pain and aggression

Frustration-Agression Theory

Relative Deprivation

aggressive stimulus

Social Learning Theory

TV violence and children

Relationship between aggression and pornography

How can one reduce aggression?

Catharsis

Blame the Victim approach

Chapter 13

prejudice

stereotype

Sports, race and attribution

--stereotypes, attribution and gender discrimination

prejudice causes

social categorization

Tajfel's (1982) minimal group paradigm

out-group homogeneity

the failure of logic

activation of stereotypes

Devine's (1989) 2-step model

illusory correlation

bookkeeping method

conversion model

sub-typing method

dispositional vs. situational explanations

ultimate attribution error

stereotype threat

blaming the victim

self-fulfilling prophecy

Realistic conflict theory

scapegoating

social learning theory

institutionalized racism

institutionalized sexism

normative conformity

modern racism

contact hypothesis and 6 conditions

mutual interdependence

jigsaw classroom

FROM LECTURES & COURSEPACK READINGS:

Lectures:

Please see the lecture slides located on the course website (http://www.umich.edu/~psychol/380sek/). Note that these slides are a rough outline of the concepts and terms presented in lecture. Be sure to consult your own notes and ask questions in discussion section if anything is unclear.

Coursepack readings:

1. Word, Zanna, & Cooper (1973) 2. Darley & Batson (1979)

For the coursepack readings, you should focus on understanding the main hypotheses and findings. More specifically, ask yourself the following: What was the central point of this article (i.e., why was it assigned)? What was(were) the central finding(s)? How does this article relate to material covered in lectures and the textbook? If the article was an empirical one, what were the main independent variables and dependent variables?