AP Psych - Unit 2, Part 2

The bystander effect increases with

• obedience of the crowd.
• the social facilitation of the crowd.
• the size of the crowd.
• the altruism of the crowd.

In-group bias is the

• Tendency to favor one’s group and see this group as correct

• Tendency to see other members of a group as similar

• Tendency to perform better when others are watching

• Tendency to perform worse when others are watching

• Tendency to conform to the social harmony of a group

At first, Jimmy did not like his teacher, but after sitting in this teacher's class for a number of weeks, Jimmy started to like his teacher. This new perspective would be an example of

• Diffusion of responsibility

• Mere-exposure effect

• Ethnocentrism

• In-group bias

_____________ set up an experiment, known as the Stanford Prison experiment, where people plaed the role of a prison guard. The goal was to observe if this authority position would cause them to act differently.

• Mike Mclane "The Mclaniac"

• Stanley Milgram

• Philip Zimbardo

• Soloman Ache

• Muzafer Sherif

Social Facilitation occurs

• To the tendency for people to do less in a group setting

• When the presence of other people watching improves a persons performance

• To the tendency to keep personal oppinions to themselves for fear of upsetting the group

• When people listen more attentively to people of authority

• When the presence of other people watching hinders a person's performance

According to the Robbers Cave experiment, an effective way to end hostilities between two groups would be to

• allow individuals in one group to administer electric shocks to members of the other group.
• set up a series of competitions between the two sides.
• designate one group as prisoners and one group as guards in a role-playing exercise.
• make them cooperate with each other to complete a task.

Believing that all homeless people are responsible for their outcomes or got what they deserved would be an example of which attribution process?

• Blaming the victim

• Just world hypothesis

• False consensus effect

• Self-fulfilling prophecy

Which of the following explains the behavior of normally law-abiding people who act destructively when they are part of a crowd?

• group polarization
• mere exposure effect
• deindividuation
• fundamental attribution error

A bank loan officer thinks people who speak with an accent are lazy; consequently, he refuses to grant them loans. The loan officer’s belief is an example of _____ . His refusal to grant them loans is an example of _____.

• stereotyping; prejudice

• prejudice; discrimination

What is a difference between obedience and conformity?

• In conformity, there is a perceived difference in status between the one who conforms and the group.

• In obedience, there is a difference in status between the one who obeys and the one who makes the request.

• Conformity requires strict adherence to the rules, whereas obedience does not.

• Obedience is an indirect request, whereas conformity is a direct request.

• Conformity involves agreeing to change in response to a request, whereas obedience involves an indirect request for agreement.