• Humans as social animals
  • Why is social support evolutionarily adaptive? Why do we want to belong to groups?
• what is Group dynamics
  • Outgroup homogeneity
  • Reciprocity and Transitivity
  • Associated brain regions with ingroup members
• what are the Milgram's Studies: Obedience to Authority
  • Conclusions, ethical concerns
    • What does this study tell us about social psychology, or what it is like to be a human?
  • General design (you should generally be able to explain how the study worked)
    • What was the setting? What roles did people play?
• what is the Sherif's Robber's Cave Study: Outgroup bias, Aggression
  • Conclusions
    • What does this study tell us about social psychology, or what it is like to be a human?
• what is the Asch's Study: Conformity
  • What does this study tell us about social psychology, or what it is like to be a human?
  • General design (you should generally be able to explain how the study worked)
    • Who was in the study? What was the setting? What happened to the people in the study?
• what is Social dynamics
  • Social loafing (definition, examples)
  • define Prosocial behavior
  • Bystander Intervention Effect
    • Define, examples of situations where it may arise (for college students)
    • Methods to reduce the bystander effect (and examples)
  • define and contrast Stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination (definitions and differences)
  • Types of Love