Chapter Eighteen � Social Psychology

							                     Chapter Eighteen – Social Psychology

                                                                                      Homework Due
9/13 (A) and    Introduction to Social Psychology
9/18 (B)        Attribution Theory
                      Fundamental Attribution Error                              Print off chapter 18 open ended
                      Factors affecting attribution – Harold Kelly               questions and chapter 18
                      Self-serving bias                                          powerpoints
9/19 (A) and    Attitudes and Actions
9/20 (B)              Compliance Strategies
                      Role Playing                                               QUIZ on pgs 724-737
                             o Analyze the Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison             AND Objectives 6,7 and 9
                                 Experiment
                      Cognitive Dissonance Theory
                             o Analyze the Festinger and Carlsmith Study
                      Mere exposure, Norms of reciprocity, routes to
                         persuasion
9/21 (A) and    Social Influence – Conformity
9/24 (B)              Asch Line Study                                                 Reading/Questions on
                      Assignment – break a social norm (folkway) and write            Cognitive Dissonance
                         about your experience and others’ responses              AND Assignment- break a
                                                                                  social norm and write about
                                                                                  your experience.

9/25 (A) and    Social Influence – Obedience
9/26 (B)            Stanley Milgram’s Obedience Study                             QUIZ on pgs 737-748
                             o Purpose and Methods of the experiment
                             o Discussion – How is this study applicable to
                                 reality?

9/27 (A) and    Group Influence
9/28 (B)               Social Facilitation / Impairment / Loafing
                       Deindividuation                                               Reading/Questions on
                       Group Polarization                                               Groupthink
                       Group Think
                       Discuss the dynamics of a group
                Discuss bystander effect and Kitty Genovese Scenario
10/1 (A) and    Social Relations
10/2 (B)               Prejudice, Stereotypes, Discrimination,
                           Ingroup/Outgroup Bias, Scapegoat Theory
                Discussion – Relate prejudice, discrimination and self-
                fulfilling prophecy to Jane Elliot’s Blue eye/ Brown eye study.

                Aggression, Altruism                                                Turn in the chapter 18 open
                    Examine the purpose and methodology of Bandura’s               ended questions
                       bobo doll experiment and relate the experiment to
                       learned aggression.
                    Discuss Sherif’s boys camp study and the effects of
                       superordinate goals
                 Ch 18 Assessment with one free response
 10/3 (A) and                                                                     Notecards due
 10/4 (B)