Social Psychology 2nd 2020 test

The main task of the Solomon Asch studies was ____________________.

• judging line sizes

• selecting paint colors

• rating new fashions

• distinguishing facial expressions

Close, friendly groups usually work well together, but they may face a problem involving an extreme form of conformity called ________.

• self-serving bias

• groupthink

• fundamental attribution error

• social facilitation

What is the term for an improvement in performance caused by the perception that others are watching?

• social facilitation

• social productivity

People who exert less effort on a task when working in a group than they do when working individually are engaging in ___________.

• social conformity

• social idleness

• groupthink

• social loafing

After agreeing to Nat’s request to share her lecture notes from one class, Maria now agrees to Nat’s request to share her notes from three classes. This example illustrates the ________technique.

• door-in-the-face

• foot-in-the-mouth

• lowball

• foot-in-the-door

Which of the following is the correct definition of cognitive dissonance?

• the tendency for members of a close-knit group to put less effort into a simple task because they are working together

• the tendency for members of a group to avoid taking responsibility for their actions because they assume that others will do so

• a state of tension that occurs when a person’s behavior does not correspond to the his or her attitude

• a belief that a statement is true just because the person has heard it repeated over and over again

The study of the judgments people make as to whether someone else’s behavior is due to something about that person or due to the person’s situation is called ______.

• cognitive dissonance

• the primacy effect

• social categorization

• stereotyping

• attribution theory

Which statement is the best explanation of the fundamental attribution error?

• We attribute most of what people do to the influence of situations.

• We are more likely to attribute another’s behavior to external rather than to dispositional causes.

• We rely on the first information we receive to make internal attributions.

• We tend to attribute our successes to our own efforts and our failures to the shortcomings of others

• We are more likely to attribute another’s behavior to internal rather than to situational causes.

Prejudice is a(n) _________, whereas discrimination is a(n) ________.

• behavior; attitude

• attitude; behavior

• dislike; hatred

• hatred; dislike

• response; cognition

The classic Robber’s Cave study showed that prejudice can be reduced by ________.

• cooperating to meet a mutually beneficial goal

• relearning social norms

• mere exposure

• strong expressions of authority