Problem
A. Discuss the reasons why social psychologists are evaluating the cultural specificity of their theories.
B. Describe the current trends in social psychology today.
C. When people are prompted to recall their own experiences, they typically report more events from the recent than from the distant past. Describe the two consistent exceptions to this rule.
D. Discuss the relationship between self-presentation and self-monitoring.
E. Explain how the concepts of upward and downward social comparison can be applied to (a) recovery from serious medical illnesses and (b) successful aging.
F. Explain self-fulfilling prophecy. What are the ways to break the cycle of negative self-fulfilling prophecies?
G. What are the "primary emotions" and how are they perceived in different cultures around the planet?
H. On what cues should social perceivers focus in order to try to detect if someone is trying to deceive others? Conversely, on what cues social perceivers typically focus, and why are these cues less revealing?
I. Describe Kelley's covariation principle as it relates to the manner in which attributions are made. Support your answer with examples.
J. Explain Gilbert and Malone's two-step process of making attributions, and identify when in this process the fundamental attribution error occurs.
K. How are adults with baby-faced facial features perceived and treated differently than adults with mature facial features? What are two explanations for these effects?
L. Describe three mechanisms that help explain why stereotypes persist even when people are presented with stereotype-inconsistent information.
M. Discuss some of the research that has been done with police officers related to the "shooter bias." How has that research been interpreted?
N. Describe the Robbers Cave experiment, and explain how it relates to realistic conflict theory.
O. According to the theory of planned behavior, how do attitudes influence behavior?
P. Discuss and give an example of at least four different techniques that one can use to resist others' attempts to persuade them to change their attitude.
Q. Describe the cognitive dissonance theory and discuss three alternatives to the cognitive dissonance theory.
R. Describe the factors involved in social impact theory.
S. Compare and contrast the door-in-the-face technique with the lowball technique.
T. Specific variables concerning the victim in Milgram's research on destructive obedience affected participants' levels of obedience. Identify one such variable, and describe the nature of its effect.