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WEEK 7
2nd Semester
MARCH 10-14

MONDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW qUESTION:

Can others influence us? Brain Games Waiting Room (4 min)

LEARNING TARGETS:

What is meant by saying we are all automatic mimics?
Describe Solomon Asch's Conformity experiment - What factors contribute to conformity?
Explain the difference between normative and informational social influence.
Describe Milgram's Obedience experiment.
What factors increase or decrease one's obedience?
Was Milgram's experiment ethical?

AGENDA:

Module 4.3a: Solomon Asch’s Studies on Conformity: (Virtual Lecture)

Watch some modern day examples of conformity:
- Asch's Line Experiment (4 min)
- What would we find today? - Brain Games Clip (2 min)
Flip It! Normative Social Influence (3 min)
Review of the factors that promote conformity at the UK site: PsychBlog
Does conformity increase or decrease with age?
With a partner, each take turns describing a time when you demonstrated normative and informational social influence. Was there ever a time when you broke from conformity? Why? What happened?
Informational Social Influence - A funny example (5 min)
Normative Social Influence -
- Fun with Conformity - Candid Camera (2 min)
- The Social Contagion of Itch - read this and see what happens.

Module 4.3a: Milgram's Obedience Study (Virtual Lecture)

Factors that increase and decrease obedience.
The Milgram Experiment Explained
- Worth Digital Media DVD: Actual Milgram’s Obedience Studies (5:08)
- Psychology: The Human Experience DVD: Segment 34: Obedience: The Milgram Study (4:04)
- The Milgram "Shock" Experiment (Watch 1:30-5:45) - Clip from Human Behavior Experiments documentary
  - More extensive explanation (8 min)
- How would the Milgram Experiment turn out today?
  - A modified modern version has been done today with similar results - ABC News The Science of Evil (5:50)
  - What if we were to make a game show on this idea? The French have done it! (3:18)
  - What happens if the "learner" who is being shocked is a woman?

Miss Today's Lesson?
- Conformity & Obedience - Informational vs Normative Social Influence (5 min)
- Asch's Line Study (10 min)
- Factors that Influence Conformity and Obedience (7 min)
Try this review from the Khan Academy Conformity & Obedience
- Click on the links at the side of the Khan website to learn more about:
- Events that Inspired Milgram's Obedience Experiment (4 min)
- Milgram's Experiment on Obedience (7 min)
- What We Can Learn from Milgram's Experiment (4 min)
- Factors that Influence Conformity and Obedience (7 min)

ASSIGNMENTS:

Read & Take Notes on Module 4.3b Group Behavior (pg. 486-495) for TOMORROW.
Check what you know... Knowledge Quick Check - take this and see how well you can apply the concepts from the last couple of days.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

Read & Take Notes on Module 4.3e Altruism, Conflict, & Peacemaking (pg. 514-524) for WEDNESDAY.
GET THIS DONE BY THURSDAY:
- ON YOUR OWN: Take notes on Modules 4.3c-d: Aggression & Attraction (pg. 496-513). You will be expected to do this on your own before test day. Use the Social Psych Unit Study Outline to guide your note taking.
START STUDYING FOR SOCIAL PSYCH TEST (MODULES 4.1-4.3e) - TEST IS FRIDAY.

TUESDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: How does your behavior change when you are in a group?

LEARNING TARGETS:

Module 4.3a: Milgram's Experiment:
- Describe Milgram's Obedience experiment.
- What factors increase or decrease one's obedience?
- Was Milgram's experiment ethical?
Module 4.3b Group Behavior:
- How do groups effect our individual behavior? Explain social loafing, social striving, social facilitation.
- What is deindividuation and under what conditions is most likely to occur?
- Explain the concepts of groupthink & group polarization and give an example for each.
- How can individuals maximize their influence over the group?

AGENDA:

Finish Module 4.3a: Milgram's Obedience Study (Virtual Lecture)
- What factors increase or decrease one's obedience?
- Was Milgram's experiment ethical?
Module 4.3b: Group Behavior (Virtual Lecture)
- Think of an example of each as we discuss.
- Review on your own:
  - Flip It! Social Facilitation & Social Loafing (3 min)

ASSIGNMENTS:

Read & Take Notes on Module 4.3e Altruism, Conflict, & Peacemaking (pg. 514-524) for TOMORROW
START STUDYING FOR SOCIAL PSYCH TEST (MODULES 4.1-4.3e) - TEST IS FRIDAY.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

GET THIS DONE BY THURSDAY:
- ON YOUR OWN: Take notes on Modules 4.3c-d: Aggression & Attraction (pg. 496-513). You will be expected to do this on your own before test day. Use the Social Psych Unit Study Outline to guide your note taking.
EXTRA CREDIT: Do an article review on this and gain +1 extra credit
- NY Times Article: 15 Lessons Scientists Learned About Us When the World Stood Still

WEDNESDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Have you ever had a time in your life where you were unsure whether to help someone or not?

LEARNING TARGETS:

ALTRUISM & HELPING BEHAVIOR:
- What's the difference between altruism and prosocial behavior?
- Why is the bystander effect? What factors contribute to it or hinder it (diffusion of responsibility, pluralistic ignorance...)?

AGENDA:

Module 4.3e: Altruism & Helping Behavior (Virtual Lecture)
- Kitty Genovese Murder (from Human Behavior Experiments) (6 min)- Latane & Darley Experiments explained - 7 min.
  - Factors that increase and decrease bystanders helping.
  - Prosocial behavior towards strangers: When a stranger calls, will you help?
  - What really happened? Getting to the facts of the case - Psych Files Podcast (22 min)
  - Are we born with intuitive sense of helping as good? Infant studies on helping behavior (Start at 1:00 - 4 min)
- More Examples of the Bystander Effect - What Would You Do?
  - A person falls on the street (8 min)
  - Infant is locked in a hot car (8 min)
  - Boyfriend verbally abuses girlfriend in park (7 min)
  - Teen boys verbally abuse a homeless person (8 min)
  - Husband verbally abuses wife in supermarket (8 min)
  - Stop someone from discriminating against Muslims (9 min)
  - Waitress discriminates against Muslim customers (9 min)
  - Child predator finds a target in coffeeshop (9 min)

ASSIGNMENTS:

DUE TOMORROW: ON YOUR OWN: Take notes on Modules 4.3c-d: Aggression & Attraction (pg. 496-513). You will be expected to do this on your own before test day. Use the Social Psych Unit Study Outline to guide your note taking.
START STUDYING FOR SOCIAL PSYCH TEST (MODULES 4.1-4.3e) - TEST IS FRIDAY.

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

THURSDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: Aggression & Attraction Notes (Modules 4.3c-d) due today!

LEARNING TARGETS:

Module 4.3e: Social Trap:
- How can selfish thinking lead to social trap & prisoner's dilemma?
- How can our attitudes and beliefs about others lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Module 4.3e: Combating Prejudice & Conflict Resolution:
- What does the "Robbers Cave" study show us about combating prejudicial attitudes?
- How can GRIT technique be used in peace making negotiations?

AGENDA:

Module 4.3e: Conflict & Peacemaking (Virtual Lecture)
- Module 4.3e: Social Trap & the Prisoner's Dilemma
  - The power of "selfish thinking"
  - The Prisoner's Dilemma Explained (watch the first 2 min)
  - What can a British Game Show tell us about Person Perception, social traps & prisoner's dilemma?
    - A Steal Most Cruel (4 min)
    - A Strange Strategy (6 min - start at 2:20)
    - RadioLab segment (20 min) - play at 14:30 mark to get interview of two players from Strange Strategy segment
    - Wonder what the statistics are for the show? A college study looked at this. See page 13 for stats on how often people split/split, split/steal, steal/steal.
- Module 4.3e: Combatting Prejudice/Conflict Resolution
  - How can we combat prejudice?
    - Contact Theory
    - Muzafer Sherif’s Robber’s Cave Experiment – cooperate to achieve a common goal. (5 min)
    - Jigsaw Classroom Technique
    - Debra Devine’s Three Step Process

ASSIGNMENTS:

REVIEW FOR MONDAY’S TEST OVER SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY :

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:

FRIDAY - AP PSYCH

FOCUS/REVIEW QUESTION: With a neighbor... Think of a person/study associated with each and an example for the following terms.

Fundamental Attribution Error
Actor/Observer Bias
Cognitive Dissonance
Normative Social Influence
Informational Social Influence
Obedience
Diffusion of Responsibility
Deindividuation

LEARNING TARGETS:

STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT:
- How does Role Playing effect our attitudes and actions?
- Explain what was learned from the Stanford Prison Experiment.

AGENDA:

Role Playing: The Stanford Prison Experiment (Virtual Lecture)
- Have you ever found a time in your life where you felt you were playing a role that wasn't really you?
- Intro to the Stanford Prison Experiment (2 min trailer)
- Watch the Video Clip from Human Behavior Experiment (23:10-42:40) (20 min)
- Interested in going more in depth into the Stanford Prison Experiment? BBC Documentary (30 min)
- Apply what we know from the chapter to the Stanford Prison Experiment - in Google Classroom. (Turn in just one with the names of your group at the top)

ASSIGNMENTS:

REVIEW FOR MONDAY’S TEST OVER SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY :
- Stanford Prison Experiment Review in Google Classroom (check yourself HERE)
- Quia Review Games
- Kahoot Social Psych Unit Review
- Quizlet Flashcards- To use these you must "join" our class using this LINK.
- PowerPoint Notes
- Portenga's Social Psychology Test
- Khan Academy - Social Psychology Video Tutorials
- Mr. Sinn Social Psych Videos:
- Crash Course Video Reviews:
  - Crash Course #38: Social Influence
    - 0:00 Obedience - Milgram Obedience Study Explained
    - 3:30 Social Influence & Conformity
    - 4:00 Asch Conformity Experiment
    - 5:37 Normative Social Influence
    - 6:05 Social Facilitation
    - 6:20 Social Loafing
    - 7:00 Dendividuation
    - 7:25 Group Polarization
    - 8:05 Group Think
  - Crash Course #39: Prejudice & Discrimination
  - Crash Course #40: Aggression vs. Altruism

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS: