AP Unit 14/Gen. Psychology Ch. 16 Social Psychology

Social loafing is to social facilitation as

• sitting quietly is to cheering.

• helping is to ignoring.

• altruism is to apathy.

• a pep talk is to a scolding.

The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in highly emotional group situations in which people feel anonymous.

• conformity

• deindividuation

• prejudice

• groupthink

How many of the participants in the Milgram study gave the highest shock to the learners?

• about one-half
• about three-fourths
• about two-thirds
• about one-third

What is the most effective strategy to reduce prejudice and us vs. them thinking?

• Having groups work together on a task requiring cooperation to reach a common goal.

• Discouraging social contact between groups.

• Establishing legal equality of all groups.

• Education about social issues and diversity.

Who conducted an experiment in conformity in which people were asked to judge the length of lines?

• Muzafer Sherif
• Philip Zimbardo
• Solomon Asch
• Stanley Milgram

“Mary earns high grades because she is a genius” is an example of a(n)

• just world phenomenon.

• fundamental attribution error.

• cognitive dissonance.

• in-group bias.

Prejudice is a(n) _____ while discrimination is a(n) _____.

• behavior; attitude
• instinct; choice
• attitude; behavior
• choice; instinct

You may experience cognitive dissonance if

• you learn that a friend you have been sticking up for has lied to you.

• you take a job that you dislike in order to feed your family.

• you are required to write an essay on a topic you don't agree with.

• all of the above

Group polarization is the tendency for 

•  a group to become divided on an issue.
• a group's opinion to strengthen after discussion with like-minded people.
• a group to become extreme in their viewpoints when challenged.
• a group to bond during a difficult circumstance.

Chuck is a boss whose philosophy is that if you ask employees to do small jobs, then it is easier to get them to do the large jobs no one likes. It sounds like Chuck knows about

• the central route to persuasion.

• the foot-in-the-door phenomenon.

• in-group bias.

• attitude.