AP Social Psychology 2019

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The "fundamental attribution error" phenomenon can best be seen in which of the following examples: John blames his failure to get a job on his lack of appropriate skills and ill preparedness; Phyllis doesn't get the lead in the school play and blames her drama teacher for this failure; Jane blames herself for forgetting that she has a term paper due in two days; Bill doesn't hire John bc he believes that John's lateness is a result of John's laziness & lack of respect for the job. In reality, John was late bc he got a flat tire on the way to the interview; Karen understands that her friend is late because she was caught in rush hour traffic.

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Bill doesn't hire John bc he believes that John's lateness is a result of John's laziness & lack of respect for the job. In reality, John was late bc he got a flat tire on the way to the interview.

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In the Asch conformity experiments, which of these was NOT a consistent factor influencing the degree to which conformity to the group answer would be shown by the experimental subject? Unanimity of group opinion, Size of the group, The subject's perception of his/her social status, Age of the subject

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Age of the subject

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Students are randomly designated by experimenters as likely to experience significant jumps in academic test scores in the coming semester, & this designation is communicated to their teachers. When actual test scores are examined at the end of the semester, it is found that these randomly designated students did indeed tend to experience jumps in performance. This phenomenon is known as

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self fulfilling prophecy

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An old woman carrying a number of packages has tripped and fallen on a busy urban sidewalk and is having trouble getting back up. The fact that few people are likely to stop and offer her help is referred to by social psychologists as an example of

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diffusion of responsibility (by stander effect)

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Which of the following would illustrate the "foot in the door" technique of facilitating compliance with a request? A teenager, wanting to extend his curfew from 10pm to midnight, first asks if it can be extended to 11pm for a specific "special occasion; he then plans to ask for the further extension at a later date after pointing out to his parents he was able to handle the 11pm curfew.

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A teenager wanting to extend his curfew from 10pm to midnight first asks if it can be extended to 11pm for a specific "special occasion"; he then plans to ask for the further extension at a later date.

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According to Attribution Theory, which of the following is an example of the self serving bias? A toddler builds a tall tower with blocks and says "Me good!" when she completes the tower. However, she bumps it and it falls down. She frowns and says "Bad blocks!"

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A toddler attributes her success to herself and her failure to external factors.

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A group of 5 students & a group of 3 students all roughly the same size & strength, engage in a game of tug of war. The game is equal for a long while, neither side immediately gaining an advantage. This is most likely an example of

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social loafing

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A child tries to get a raise on his weekly allowance. When he first approaches his parents, he asks for $100 per wk. His parents scoff & tell him this out of the question. Then, he asks for $50 per wk, & receives the same reply. Finally, he asks for $10 per wk & his parents agree. This is an example of

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door in the face phenomenon

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Stanley Milgram's study involving the "teacher", learner, & experimenter tested which of the following principles? Conformitity, Groupthink, Role playing, obedience

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obedience

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Albert Bandura's famous Bobo Doll experiment shows the power of

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Observation