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• Behavioral Economics
• Behavioral Genetics
• Cross-cultural Research
• Culture
• Embodied Cognition
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Interactionist Perspective
• Multicultural Research
• Social Cognition
• Social Neuroscience
• Social Psychology 

• A basic understanding of Psychological Research and its component

• Applied Research
•  Basic Research
• Confederate
• Confound
• Construct Validity
• Correlation Coefficient
• Debriefing
• Deception
• Dependent Variable
• Experiment
• Experimental Realism
• Experimenter Expectancy Effects
• External Validity
• Hypothesis
• Independent Variable
• Informed Consent
• Internal Validity
• Interrater Reliability
• Operational Definition
• Random Assignment
• Random Sampling
• Subject Variable
• Theory 

• Describe the nature of self-concept and discuss how our beliefs about ourselves influence our thoughts and actions 

• affective forecasting
• bask in reflected glory (BIRG)
• dialecticism
• downward social comparision
• facial feedback hypothesis
• implicit egotism
• overjustification effect
• private self-consciousness
• public self-consciousness
• self-awareness theory
• self-concept
• self-esteem
• self-handicapping
• self-monitoring
• self-perception theory
• self-presentation
• self-regulation
• self-schema
• social comparison theory
• Sociometer Theory
• Terror Management Theory
• two-factor theory of emotion 

• Describe how our perceptions control our interpretations and memories

• attribution theory
•  availability heuristic
• base-rate fallacy
• belief in a just world
• belief perseverance
• central traits
• confirmation bias
• counterfactual thinking
• covariation principle
• false-consensus effect
• fundamental attribution error
• impression formation
• information integration theory
• mind perception
• need for closure
• nonverbal behavior
• personal attribution
• primacy effect
• priming
• self-fulfilling prophecy
• situational attribution
• social perception 

• Distinguish between prejudice and discrimination 

• ambivalent sexism
• aversive racism
• contact hypothesis
• discrimination
• illusory correlation
• implicit racism
• ingroup favoritism
• ingroups
• jigsaw classroom
• modern racism
• outgroup homogeneity effect
• outgroups
• prejudice
• racism
• realitic conflict theory
• relative deprivation
• sexism
• social categorization
• social dominance orientation
• social identity theory
• social role theory
• stereotype content model
• stereotypes
• stereotype threat
• stigmatized
• subliminal presentation
• superordinate goal
• system justification theory 

• Identify the components of an attitude
• Define the various types of persuasion and explain various ways of persuading others 

• Attitude
• Attitude Scale
• Central Route to Persuasion
• Cognitive Dissonance Theory
• Evaluative Conditioning
• Implicit Attitude
• Inoculation Hypothesis
• Insufficient Deterrence
• Insufficient Justification
• Peripheral Route to Persuasion
• Persuasion
• Psychological Reactance 
• Sleeper Effect
• Theory of Planned Behavior 

• Define and explain conformity and obedience 

• Collectivism
• Compliance
• Conformity
• Door-in-the-face-technique
• Foot-in-the-door-technique
• Idiosyncrasy Credits
• Individualism
• Informational Influence
• Minority Influence
• Normative Influence
• Obedience
• Private Conformity
• Public Conformity
• Social Impact Theory
• That's-not-all-technique 

• Define groups and explain group influences 

• Biased Sampling
• Brainstorming
• Collective Effort Model
• Deindividuation
• Distraction-conflict Theory
• Evaluation Apprehension Theory
• Group
• Group Cohesiveness
• Group Polarization
• Group Support Systems
• Groupthink
• Integrative Agreement
• Mere Presence
• Prisoner's Dilemma
• Process Gain
• Process Loss
• Resource Dilemmas
• Social Dilemma
• Social Facilitation
• Social Identity Model of Deindividuation Effects (SIDE)
• Social Loafing
• Transactive Memory 

• Define and explain attraction and intimacy 

• Attachment Style
• Communal Relationship
• Companionate Love
• Equity Theory
• Exchange Relationship
• Excitation Transfer
• Hard-to-get-effect
• Intimate Relationship
• Loneliness
• Matching Hypothesis
• Mere Exposure Effect
• Need For Affiliation
• Passionate Love
• Reciprocity
• Self-disclosure
• Sexual Orientation
• Social Exchange Theory
• Triangular Theory Of Love
• What-is-beautiful-is-good Stereotype 

• Explain helping and altruistic behaviors 

• Altruistic
• Audience Inhibition
• Bystander Effect
• Diffusion of Responsibility
• Egoistic
• Empathy
• Empathy-altruism Hypothesis
• Identity Fusion
• Indirect Reciprocity
• Kin Selection
• Negative State Relief Model
• Pluralistic Ignorance
• Prosocial Behaviors
• Reciprocal Altruism
• Reluctant Altruism
• Social Norm 

• Define agression and explain different types of aggression and ways of reducing aggression 

• Aggression
• Catharsis
• Corporal Punishment
• Cultivation
• Culture of Honor
• Cycle of Violence
• Dark Triad
• Desensitization
• Displacement
• Executive Functioning
• Frustration-aggression hypothesis
• Hostile Attribution Bias
• Proactive Aggression
• Reactive Aggression
• Rumination
• Social Learning Theory
• Weapons Effect 

• Explain how Social Psychology principles can be used in legal settings

Terms to Know: 

• Adversarial Model
• Cross-race Identification Bias
• Death Qualification
• Inquisitorial Model
• Jury Nullification
• Leniency Bias
• Misinformation Effect
• Peremptory Challenge
• Polygraph
• Scientific Jury Selection
• Sentencing Disparity
• Voir Dire
• Weapon-focus Effect 

• Explain how Social Psychology principles may be used in obtaining sustainable lives for the future.

Terms to Know: 

• Assessment Center
• Contingency Model of Leadership
• Cybervetting
• Endowment Effect
• Escalation Effect
• Expectancy Theory
• Hawthorne Effect
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Integrity Tests
• Normative Model of Leadership
• Performance Appraisal
• Structured Interview
• Sunk Cost Principle
• Transactional Leader
• Transformational Leader 

• Explain how Social Psychology principles may be used in a clinical setting

Terms to Know: 

• Appraisal
• Coping
• Depressive Explanatory Style
• Emotion-focused Coping
• General Adaptation Syndrome
• Health Psychology
• Immune System
• Learned Helplessness
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Proactive Coping
• Problem-focused Coping
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Self-efficacy
• Social Support
• Stress
• Stressor
• Subjective Well-Being (SWB)
• Type A Personality