Test 3 Study Guide

Chapter 13 Personality Chapter 17 Social Psychology

Key principles and strength/weakness of: Attitudes and behaviors

Psychodynamic theories Factors impacting changing
Social cognitive/learning attitudes (message source, etc)
Trait Relationship between attitudes and
Humanistic behaviors
Biological Cognitive dissonance
Psychodynamic Theory Social Cognition- def
Psychosexual stages Attribution theory
Ego, id, superego Situational/dispositional attributions
Levels of consciousness Halo effect
Defense mechanisms Self-serving bias
Reality and pleasure principle
Fundamental attribution error
Trait Theory- Big Five
Person Perception
Each trait and its definition along the
Factors influencing attractiveness
continuum
and likeability
Social Cognitive
How are attractive people
Self-efficacy
considered?
Reciprocal determinism
Stereotypes
Situationism
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Self-esteem Conformity
Humanistic
Definition
Maslow: Self-actualization
Aschs research
Rodgers:
Groupthink
unconditional positive regard
Social Roles
Conditional positive regard
Zimbardo Prison Study
Causes of anxiety/maladaptive Obedience
behavior
Definition
Biological Theories
Milgrams results
Temperament
Intergroup relations
Genetic vs. environmental determinants
Prejudice
of personality (it is an interaction!)
discrimination
Personality Assessment
Ways to decrease
Psychological tests
prejudice/discrimination
Self-report measures of personality
Interpersonal Attraction
o Definition, pros and cons
Proximity
o MMPI-2
Exposure effect
Projective measures of personality
Similarity
o Definition, pros and cons
Physical attractiveness
Behavioral assessment Types of love
o Definition, pros/cons Helping others
Prosocial behavior
Diffusion of responsibility
Bystander effect