Social Psychology

Stanley Milgram focused his experiments on the theme of...

• conformity to the group.
• obedience to authority.
• the influence of ascribed roles on behaviour.
• the nature of prosocial behaviour.

Zimbardo's most famous experiment involved...

• a fake prison in the Stanford University basement.
• observing whether the children to whom he gave marshmallows could delay gratification.
• showing people lines and observing their degree of conformity to the judgement of others.
• ordering participants to give supposed electric shocks to fake participants in order to judge their obedience to authority.

Milgram's real participants were

• subjected to real electric shocks.
• forced to give real electric shocks.
• seated in front of a realistic looking electric shock machine.
• swift to reject the experimenter's request to shock innocents.

In Milgram's original experiment, 26 out of 40 participants...

• refused to give shocks up till the 450-level. 
• refused to give shocks after the 300-volt level.
• continued to give shocks up till the 450-level. 
• did not administer any shocks at all.

Failure to take action because of the presence of others is an example of

• altruism.
• polarization.
• social loafing.
• the bystander effect.

What is the difference between members of an in-group and an out-group?

• Members of the in-group rely on members of the out-group for leadership.
• Members of the in-group set the agenda that members of the out-group must follow.
• Members of the in-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group.
• Members of the in-group are constantly seeking to join the members of the out-group.

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.

Repetition of the same arguments resulting in stronger attitudes in support of the majority view is an example of

• group polarization.
• role conflict.
• groupthink.
• social networking.

You don’t like alcohol, but all your friends are drinking beer at a party so you do too. This is an example of

• groupthink.
• obedience.
• catharsis.
• conformity.

Which of the following occurs when you agree to the request of another person even though you don’t think the request is right?

• deindividuation
• compliance
• bystander effect
• social loafing