Public learning track
Social Cognition, Attitudes, and Persuasion
11 lessons
Goal
Explain how individuals make causal attributions, form implicit and explicit attitudes, respond to persuasive messages, and are influenced by situational forces.
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Internal Versus External Causal Attributions
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- The Fundamental Attribution Error and Actor-Observer BiasNot started yet
- Self-Serving Bias and the Just-World PhenomenonNot started yet
- Explicit Versus Implicit Attitudes and Their MeasurementNot started yet
- When Attitudes Predict Behavior and the Theory of Planned BehaviorNot started yet
- Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance TheoryNot started yet
- The Elaboration Likelihood Model: Central and Peripheral RoutesNot started yet
- Compliance Techniques: Foot-in-the-Door and Door-in-the-FaceNot started yet
- The Power of the Situation and Zimbardo's Stanford Prison ExperimentNot started yet
- Social Facilitation, Social Inhibition, and ArousalNot started yet
- Social Loafing and Diffusion of Effort in Team TasksNot started yet
Standards Covered
- SS.912.P.9.1Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Describe attributional explanations of behavior.
- SS.912.P.9.2Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Describe the relationship between attitudes (implicit and explicit) and behavior.
- SS.912.P.9.3Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Identify persuasive methods used to change attitudes.
- SS.912.P.9.4Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Describe the power of the situation.
- SS.912.P.9.5Florida Social Studies Standards · Social Studies · Grade 5 (target) · Grade 5Describe the effects of others’ presence on an individuals’ behavior.
Curriculum Framework
9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS
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