AP Psychology Module 76

What do we call the improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others?

• Social Facilitation

• Group Behavior

• Social Loafing

• Deindividuation

• Group Polarization

Which term best describes the behavior or rowdy fans yelling obscenities at a football referee after a controversial penalty has been called?

• Culture

• Social Facilitation

• Groupthink

• Deindividuation

• Group Polarization

Which of the following is most likely to occur when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives?

• Group Polarization

• Groupthink

• Social Loafing

• Norming

• Prejudice

What do we call the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next?

• Deindividuation

• Norms

• Social Facilitation

• Culture

• Social Control

During a riot, a large sporting event, or mob action, we can lose self-awareness and self-restraint. This is known as:

• Normative Social Influence

• Social Loafing

• Deindividuation

• Social Facilitation

• Hindsight Bias

A person in a group tends to exert MORE effort when he is individually accountable than when he is working with others toward a common goal with no individual accountability. This is known as:

• Social Loafing

• Social Facilitation

• Culture

• Group Polarization

• Norms

Lars is an excellent violinist. When he's in front of an audience, he tends to play his violin even more beautifully than when he is alone. This is most likely due to:

• Normative Social Influence

• Deindividuation

• Bystander Effect

• Social Facilitation

• Harmony

A group of racially prejudiced high school students discussed racial issues. During the conversation, their attitudes became even more prejudiced. This best illustrates:

• The Bystander Effect

• Deindividuation

• Social Facilitation

• Normative Social Influence

• Group Polarization

You are the expert on psychometrics and assessment; however, three of the clinicians disagree on your choice of scales. You decide to change your opinion for the good of the group. This best illustrates:

• Groupthink

• Personality

• Informational Social Influence

• Mere Exposure Effect

• Mood Linkage

Miss McLain is an elementary school teacher who gives her students group projects as part of their math curriculum. What might she do to minimize the effects of social loafing?

• Give students the options to present their project in front of the class for extra credit.

• Grade the group as a whole on the project instead of giving each group member a grade.

• Grade both the group as a whole and each individual group member on the project.

• Assign the children to groups randomly instead of letting them choose their own.