Week 1

Study Guide Test 3

Professor Stern-Social Psychology

 

Note: This is a topical guide.  It is a list of topics covered.  It is not simply a list of terms to memorize.  It does not necessarily include all of the topics in the text and lecture.

 

Prejudice, discrimination and stereotypes

Prejudice today

Social psychological sources of prejudice

Social Identity theory

Effects of prejudice on the victim

Aggression defined

Hostile vs. instrumental aggression

Roots of aggression

Biological theories

Evolutionary theory

Frustration Aggression Hypothesis

Aggression as a learned social behavior

Aggression as a social norm

Upbringing and aggression

The cycle of violence

The media and violence

Affiliation

Misery and company

Factors influencing friendship and love

Proximity

Physical attractiveness

Similarity and dissimilarity

familiarity

matching hypothesis

The two factor theory

Sternberg’s theory of love

Altruism

Volunteerism

Altruism vs. egoism

Why do people help?

Social Exchange theory

Social norms of altruism

Evolutionary bases of helping

Bystander intervention

Who helps others

Who gets helped