Unit 1 AP Psych

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Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic

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Cognitive

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Humanistic

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Behavioral Perspective

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Biological

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Evolutionary

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Eclective Perspective

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Applying aspects from multiple perspectives

Question 8

Social Psychologists

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Dispositional Attribution

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Assigning the cause of behavior to personality

Question 10

Situational Attribution

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Assigning the cause of behavior to external factors

Question 11

Fundamental Attribution Error

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Tendency to explain others behaviors to inner dispositions (personality/traits) rather than situations.

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Attitude

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Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs. Elaboration likelihood model

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Central Route Persuasion

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Peripheral Route Persuasion

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Foot-in-the-door Phenomenon

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Door-in-the-face Phenomenon

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Role-Playing Affects Attitudes

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Phillip Zimbardo’s Experiment

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Cognitive Dissonance Theory

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Chameleon Effect

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Conformity

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Solomon Asch’s Experiment

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Normative Social Influence

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Stanley Milgram’s Experiment

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Shock test. Participant was a teacher and confederate was a learner. The test measured obedience to authority by telling the participant to shock the learner for a wrong answer. Shock increased for every wrong answer. They predicted only 1-3% would go to the highest shock, but 63% went all the way. Experiment broke the ethical guidelines of informed consent and protection from harm.

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Social Facilitation

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Social Inhibition

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Social Loafing

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Deindividuation

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Group Polarization

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Groupthink

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Culture

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Norms

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Personal Space

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Prejudice

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Prejudice

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Stereotypes

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Discrimination

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Ingroup

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Outgroup

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Ingroup Bias

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Scapegoat Theory

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Ethnocentrism

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Other-race effect

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Just-world Phenomenon

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The Biology of Aggression

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There are genetic influences to aggression. The amygdala plays a role, lacking serotonin and too much testosterone will increase aggression. Males and teenagers are at the highest risk of aggression.

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Frustration-aggression Principle

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Social and Cultural Influences of Aggression

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Rape Myth

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High Pornography Consumption

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Social Scripts

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Videogames

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Violent videogames lead to a rising level of arousal and feelings of hostility. They will also prime aggressive thoughts and increase physical aggression. Adolescents who play a lot see world as more hostile, get into more arguments/fights, and have worse grades.

Question 52

Catharsis Hypothesis

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The Three Major Influences of Attraction

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Proximity, Physical Attractiveness, Similarity

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Mere Exposure Effect

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Reward Theory of Attraction

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Passionate Love

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Companionate Love

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Equity

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Equity

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Self-disclosure

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Altruism

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Kitty Genovese

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Bystander Effect

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Social Exchange Theory

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Reciprocity Norm

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Social-responsibility Norm

Question 67

Industrial-Organizational Psychologist

Answer 67

Study the relationship between people and their working environments.

Question 68

Human Factors Psychologist

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Focus on the interaction of people, machines, and physical environments.