Guided Reading Questions for chapter 16 Name__________________________________PSY 201 Andrew GummowSocial Psychology (p. 664)1. What is Social Psychology? To get credit for this question you must give two examples of how thepresence of others affects our behavior.Attributions (pp. 668-670)2. In YOUR own words, explain the difference between internal vs. external attributions.3. Why do you think we engage in the “fundamental attribution error?”4. Why do you think we engage in the “self-serving bias?”Conformity and Obedience (pp. 6685. Read about Asch’s conformity study. What two variables affected conformity? Describe these variables.6. Read about Milgram’s study of Obedience (I Was Just Following Orders). Explain what was really being studied here and what Milgram found.7. How did participants in the “Stanford Prison Simulation” conform to their “social roles?”8. In your own words, what is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?9. Describe what happened when Duncan had white participants watch an argument on a TV
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