Chapter 21 Questions
Section 1:
1. Explain the phenomena of social facilitation, social loafing, and the risky shift. Why does each occur?
2. Discuss the different types of group decision making.
3. When and how does polarization occur?
4. Explain the styles of group leadership. Which type of leader do you tend to be?
Section 2:
5. What does it mean to conform? Explain the rle of groups and social norms.
6. What does Asch’s study show?
7. Why do people conform? Explain when and why you conform in your life.
Section 3:
8. What does Milgram’s experiment show about obedience?
9. Why do people obey? Why do you (sometimes) obey your teachers/parents?
Section 4:
10. Explain the five views of aggression. Which do you think is most accurate? Why?
Section 5:
11. Why does altruism exist? What factors promote and inhibit altruism? Explain the bystander effect.
12. Give an example where you acted altruistically, and explain why you did so.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Questions
Section 1:
1. What are attitudes? How do they shape our lives?
2. Discuss the ways our attitudes develop.
3. How do attitudes lead to behavior? When does the opposite happen?
Section 2:
4. What are two methods of persuasion?
5. What effect does repetition have on a message? Discuss two ways that messages can be presented persuasively.
6. Discuss the role of the messenger, situation, and audience on persuasion.
7. Why are some people more resistant to persuasion, and others more easily influenced?
Section 3:
8. What are the causes and effects of stereotypes?
9. Discuss the causes of prejudice.
10. How can we overcome prejudice?
11. Read W.E.B. DuBois’ account on page 467. How do you think the experience of being black in America has changed? What forms of prejudice remain?
Section 4:
12. How do the primary and recency effects affect how we think of other people?
13. What are the mistakes we tend to make in attributing behavior in ourselves and others to dispositional and situational causes?
14. Discuss the different forms of nonverbal communication
Section 5:
15. How does physical appearance influence attraction?
16. What other factors influence attraction?
17. What is friendship? How is love different from friendship?
18. What do you find attractive? What kind of person can you fall in love with? What kind of person do you like as a friend?
Section 1:
1. What are attitudes? How do they shape our lives?
2. Discuss the ways our attitudes develop.
3. How do attitudes lead to behavior? When does the opposite happen?
Section 2:
4. What are two methods of persuasion?
5. What effect does repetition have on a message? Discuss two ways that messages can be presented persuasively.
6. Discuss the role of the messenger, situation, and audience on persuasion.
7. Why are some people more resistant to persuasion, and others more easily influenced?
Section 3:
8. What are the causes and effects of stereotypes?
9. Discuss the causes of prejudice.
10. How can we overcome prejudice?
11. Read W.E.B. DuBois’ account on page 467. How do you think the experience of being black in America has changed? What forms of prejudice remain?
Section 4:
12. How do the primary and recency effects affect how we think of other people?
13. What are the mistakes we tend to make in attributing behavior in ourselves and others to dispositional and situational causes?
14. Discuss the different forms of nonverbal communication
Section 5:
15. How does physical appearance influence attraction?
16. What other factors influence attraction?
17. What is friendship? How is love different from friendship?
18. What do you find attractive? What kind of person can you fall in love with? What kind of person do you like as a friend?
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