AP Psychology:: Unit 9 - Social Psychology

Which social psychology concept or behavioral phenomenon is described below?

*The tendency for observers, when analyzing others' behavior, to underestimate the impact of situational factors and overestimate the impact of internal personal/dispositional traits (e.g., assuming a driver who cut you off is a rude jerk rather than rushing to a hospital emergency).*

**A)** Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE)
**B)** Self-Serving Bias
**C)** Actor-Observer Bias
**D)** Just-World Hypothesis

Which social psychology concept or behavioral phenomenon is described below?

*The tendency to attribute our own actions to situational causes while attributing others' identical actions to internal dispositional traits.*

**A)** Actor-Observer Bias
**B)** Fundamental Attribution Error
**C)** Self-Serving Bias
**D)** False Consensus Effect

Which social psychology concept or behavioral phenomenon is described below?

*Attributing our personal successes to internal dispositions (ability, hard work) while blaming our failures on external situational factors (bad luck, unfair rules).*

**A)** Self-Serving Bias
**B)** Fundamental Attribution Error
**C)** Actor-Observer Bias
**D)** Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Which social psychology concept or behavioral phenomenon is described below?

*The cognitive tendency for people to believe that the world is inherently just and fair, and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get, leading to victim blaming.*

**A)** Just-World Hypothesis
**B)** Fundamental Attribution Error
**C)** Scapegoat Theory
**D)** Hindsight Bias

Which social psychology concept or behavioral phenomenon is described below?

*A belief or expectation that leads to its own fulfillment because expectations alter behavior in a way that causes the expected outcome (e.g., teachers expecting high growth from certain students treat them differently, producing higher test scores).*

**A)** Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Pygmalion Effect)
**B)** Hawthorne Effect
**C)** Placebo Effect
**D)** Confirmation Bias

Which social psychology concept or behavioral phenomenon is described below?

*The psychological tension/discomfort we experience when our actions and attitudes clash; to relieve this discomfort, we usually alter our attitudes to align with our past behavior.*

**A)** Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger)
**B)** Self-Perception Theory (Bem)
**C)** Elaboration Likelihood Model
**D)** Social Exchange Theory

Which social psychology concept or behavioral phenomenon is described below?

*Central Route persuasion focuses on logic, factual arguments, and evidence (produces durable attitude change); Peripheral Route persuasion relies on superficial cues, celebrity endorsements, attractiveness, and emotion (produces quick but temporary change).*

**A)** Central Route (Logic/Facts) vs. Peripheral Route (Superficial cues)
**B)** Internal vs. External Persuasion
**C)** Primary vs. Secondary Persuasion
**D)** Cognitive vs. Emotional Dissonance

Which social psychology concept or behavioral phenomenon is described below?

*The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a much larger request (escalating commitment).*

**A)** Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon
**B)** Door-in-the-Face Technique
**C)** Low-Ball Technique
**D)** Norm of Reciprocity