Here is another teacher's site that contains good information on all of the topics covered on the AP test: http://wchs.woodfordschools.org/apreview/default.htm
And another one: http://home.mindspring.com/~j-squared/apreviewsite/ (review links on the left hand side of the site)
Check them out!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Focus Questions pp.583-605
Before Reading
1. Why are you friends with your friends?
2. Do you think men or women are more influenced by looks when seeking out a romantic partner? Why?
3. What are the benefits and drawbacks for people who are considered to be really attractive?
During Reading
1. Describe the factors that contribute to interpersonal attraction.
2. What is the expectancy-value theory?
3. Describe cognitive dissonance. Do you think any students at CBCP have experienced cognitive dissonance? Why or why not?
4. Do you think cognitive dissonance depends on a person's age or any other factors?
5. A person believes that homeless people are just lazy, and they could get jobs if they wanted to. Explain how this person is exhibiting fundamental attribution error.
6. What is the connection between self-serving bias and the locus of control (personality unit)?
7. What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
8. Explain scapegoating. Think of another example (not one listed in the book) that displays scapegoating.
9. What is deindividuation? Describe a real-life application of it (you may not use the one that is described in the book).
10. Summarize the "Robbers Cave."
After Reading
1. Read the chapter summary on p.603.
2. Take the Review Test (pp.603-604). Record your score.
3. Take the vocabulary review test (p.605). Record your score.
2.
1. Why are you friends with your friends?
2. Do you think men or women are more influenced by looks when seeking out a romantic partner? Why?
3. What are the benefits and drawbacks for people who are considered to be really attractive?
During Reading
1. Describe the factors that contribute to interpersonal attraction.
2. What is the expectancy-value theory?
3. Describe cognitive dissonance. Do you think any students at CBCP have experienced cognitive dissonance? Why or why not?
4. Do you think cognitive dissonance depends on a person's age or any other factors?
5. A person believes that homeless people are just lazy, and they could get jobs if they wanted to. Explain how this person is exhibiting fundamental attribution error.
6. What is the connection between self-serving bias and the locus of control (personality unit)?
7. What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
8. Explain scapegoating. Think of another example (not one listed in the book) that displays scapegoating.
9. What is deindividuation? Describe a real-life application of it (you may not use the one that is described in the book).
10. Summarize the "Robbers Cave."
After Reading
1. Read the chapter summary on p.603.
2. Take the Review Test (pp.603-604). Record your score.
3. Take the vocabulary review test (p.605). Record your score.
2.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Stanford Prison Experiment
Intrigued by the Stanford Prison Experiment? Check out the following website: http://www.prisonexp.org/
Focus Questions pp.565-583
Before Reading
1. Which does social psychology emphasize: nature or nurture? Explain.
2. According to Freud, what is the most critical time period in a person's life? (i.e., When does a person's environment affect one's development the most?)
3. Have you ever given into social pressure or seen someone else give in to social pressure? (i.e., A person does something because everyone else is doing it.)
4. What is the difference among authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting styles?
5. Describe the ethics involved in experimental research.
During Reading
1. Summarize the Stanford prison experiment. Do you think this experiment was ethical?
2. Discuss two of your social roles. How do social norms influence your behavior in these roles?
3. Describe Asch's experiment. Connect the findings of his experiment to the concept of conformity.
4. What major factors produce conformity? Have you seen these factors at work in your own personal life?
5. What is groupthink?
6. Describe Milgram's obedience experiment. Do you think it would be possible to replicate this experiment in the present day?
7. What conditions promote obedience?
8. Describe how the case of Kitty Genovese demonstrates the bystander effect/diffusion of responsibility.
9. What conditions promote bystander intervention?
After Reading
1. Which social psychology experiment that you read about in this chapter is the most telling (or surprising, insightful, interesting) to you? Why?
2. What is the difference between groupthink and diffusion of responsibility?
3. What is conformity?
1. Which does social psychology emphasize: nature or nurture? Explain.
2. According to Freud, what is the most critical time period in a person's life? (i.e., When does a person's environment affect one's development the most?)
3. Have you ever given into social pressure or seen someone else give in to social pressure? (i.e., A person does something because everyone else is doing it.)
4. What is the difference among authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting styles?
5. Describe the ethics involved in experimental research.
During Reading
1. Summarize the Stanford prison experiment. Do you think this experiment was ethical?
2. Discuss two of your social roles. How do social norms influence your behavior in these roles?
3. Describe Asch's experiment. Connect the findings of his experiment to the concept of conformity.
4. What major factors produce conformity? Have you seen these factors at work in your own personal life?
5. What is groupthink?
6. Describe Milgram's obedience experiment. Do you think it would be possible to replicate this experiment in the present day?
7. What conditions promote obedience?
8. Describe how the case of Kitty Genovese demonstrates the bystander effect/diffusion of responsibility.
9. What conditions promote bystander intervention?
After Reading
1. Which social psychology experiment that you read about in this chapter is the most telling (or surprising, insightful, interesting) to you? Why?
2. What is the difference between groupthink and diffusion of responsibility?
3. What is conformity?
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