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	Social Psychology II

		HELPING OTHERS Why Do People Help? Define altruism. Social norms Define the norm of reciprocity. Define the norm of social responsibility. Empathy Describe the empathy hypothesis. Instinct Define kin selection and be prepared to explain how kin selection might influence helping. Social learning Describe the effects that social models have on helping behavior. Why Do People Often Fail To Help? Define the bystander effect. Be able to describe LatanČ and Darley's (1970) seizure study. Define diffusion of responsibility. When Do People Help? Explain what it means to say that helping is a decision process. Be familiar with each of the steps in the decision model of helping and be prepared to give examples of factors that influence each step in the model. PREJUDICE AND CONFLICT Stereotypes And Prejudice Define stereotype. Define prejudice. Define discrimination. Personality models Know the factors that personality models focus on to explain prejudice and discrimination. Define ethnocentrism. Define authoritarianism. Describe the relationship between ethnocentrism and authoritarianism. Describe modern racism. Define symbolic racism. Motivational models Know the factors that motivational models focus on to explain prejudice and discrimination. Scapegoating Define scapegoating. Explain how displaced aggression can lead to discrimination and be able to give an example. Belief in a just world Define the just world hypothesis. Explain how the just world hypothesis can lead to victim blaming. Self-esteem maintenance Define downward social comparison. Explain how downward social comparison can lead to stereotyping. Realistic group conflict Describe the realistic group conflict approach to prejudice. Define ingroup bias. Cognitive models Know the factors that cognitive models focus on to explain prejudice and discrimination. Stereotypes and perceptions Describe the Darley and Gross "Hannah" study and its significance for understanding the ways stereotypes shape our perceptions. Stereotypes and self-fulfilling prophecies Define self-fulfilling prophecy and give examples. Social identity theory Describe the effects that categorizing people as a members of an ingroup or outgroup have on our feelings toward them. Describe ingroup favoritism. Reducing prejudice At a broad level, personality, motivational, and cognitive approaches to prejudice identify different routes to reducing prejudice. Be prepared to discuss them. Be prepared to discuss the effects that cooperation, contact, critical thinking, and empathy have on prejudice. Comparing the approaches Conflict Define conflict. Define pure competition and give an example of it. Define non-zero-sum competition and give an example of it. Explain how social traps work and give an example of it. Describe how prisoner's dilemmas work. Competition and social perception Be prepared to discuss how social perceptual biases can fuel competition and conflict. Give examples. Conflict reduction Describe the roles that perception and communication play in conflict reduction.
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	Click an activity to open it: • Conformity • Conformity Factors • Milgram Obedience Experiment • Why Obey • Bay of Pigs • Impression Formation • What's Going On? • In Your Face • Actors and Observers • Birds of a Feather • Ratings Game • Love Scale • Love Triangle • Attachment Style • Ad Categorization Activity • Dissonance Theater • Decision Model of Helping • Self-fulfilling Prophecy Movie • Impressions and Expressions • Reducing Prejudice • Prisoner's Dilemma • Faces of the Enemy