AP Psychology Social Psych

Claire has had several car accidents that she blames on other drivers. When her boyfriend has an accident, she is quick to blame his carelessness behind the wheel. Claire's difference in blame is due to

• peripheral route persuasion

• cognitive dissonance

• the fundamental attribution error

• the foot-in-the-door phenomenon

• central route persuasion

Jon does what his friends are doing and throw eggs at houses on Halloween, even though he knows that he should not. Jon's egg throwing is most likely due to

• obedience

• normative social influence

• social contagion

• informational social influence

• the chameleon effect

Maggie is an excellent hockey player, and she is playing in the final hockey game of her high school career. The cheering of the fans causes her to score three goals in the game, a record for her. The most likely explanation for her performance is

• social loafing

• group behavior

• social facilitation

• deindividuation

• group polarization

What term refers to the phenomenon in which a group of people are less likely to help out in an emergency than an individual? 

• Bystander Effect
• Diffusion of Responsibility 
• Conformity
• Assumption of Responsibility

Which researcher's work was key to our understanding of obedience 

• Asch
• Milgram
• Eichmann
• Durkheim 

Which researcher's work was key to our understanding of conformity? 

• Asch
• Milgram
• Eichmann
• Durkheim 

What term means changing one's behavior in response to an authority figure's command?  

• Obedience
• Conformity 
• Peer pressure
• Evolution

What term means acting in ways that fit with group norms and customs? 

• Obedience
• Conformity 
• Peer pressure
• Society

What did the electric shock experiment show? 

• Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others. 
• Morality is more important to people than being obedient 
• Most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct. 
• Conformity can lead to obedience 

The Stanford Prison experiment demonstrated

• the negative consequences of groupthink.
• how far people are willing to go when instructed to do something by an authority figure.
• the power that situations can have in changing how people feel, think, and behave.
• the boost that social facilitation can provide to individual performance.