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Assignment - Social Psychology Personal and Situational Attributions Questions
Answer the following short answer questions:
1. What is social psychology?
2. What are attributions?
3. What are personal and situational attributions? (Be able to recognize examples)
a. personal:
b. Situational:
4. What is the fundamental attribution error? (Be able to recognize examples)
5. What is actor/observer bias?
6. What is the self-serving bias? (Be able to recognize examples)
7. What is self-fulfilling prophecy? (Be able to recognize examples)
8. What is prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes? Make sure you can recognize these in an example.
Prejudice:
Discrimination:
Stereotype:
9. What are the three ways through which attitude develops?
10. Know the premises of cognitive dissonance theory and it relates to attitude change.
11. What are the two routes of persuasion? How does each route affect attitude?
12. What is social facilitation? What is social loafing?
Social facilitation:
Social loafing:
13. What is deindividuation?
14. What is groupthink?
15. What is conformity?
16. What are the two types of social influence that lead people to conform? (Be able to recognize examples)
17. What is compliance? What are the three ways to induce compliance? (Be able to recognize examples)
18. Know the basics of Stanley Milgram's obedience research. What is the take-home message of the study?
19. What are some of the biological and psychological factors that contribute to aggression?
20. What is diffusion of responsibility? How is it related to the bystander intervention effect?
21. What are the four major factors contributing to interpersonal attraction?
22. What is the difference between passionate love and companionate love?