2019 - 2020 Unit 9: Social Psychology Quiz

The enhancement of a group's prevailing tendencies occurs when people within a group discuss an idea that most of them either favor or oppose. This tendency is called:

• group polarization.

• deindividuation.

• the just-world phenomenon.

• discrimination.

• categorization.

which of the following statements about the foot-in-the-door phenomenon is FALSE:

• People who agree to a small action are less likely to agree to a larger one later.

• The Chinese took advantage of this phenomenon in the thought control program they used on prisoners in the Korean War.

• To get people to agree to something big, start small and build.

• Succumb to a temptation and you will find the next temptation harder to resist.

• This phenomenon has been used to boost charitable contributions, blood donations, and product sales.

Associating ourselves with certain groups and contrasting ourselves with others is often referred to as establishing:

• social identity.

• discrimination.

• a stereotype.

• prejudice.

• minority influence.

When we believe our school is better than all the other schools in town we exhibit:

• in-group bias.

• conformity.

• the scapegoat theory.

• discrimination.

• groupthink.

People frequently credit or blame either internal dispositions or external situations for others' behavior. This is called:

• the foot-in-door phenomenon.

• the fundamental attribution error.

• attribution.

• social psychology.

• social thinking.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• Violent video games have greater effects on aggressive behavior than violent movies.

• Playing violent video games decreases aggressive thoughts and behaviors.

• Observing television violence desensitizes people to cruelty and primes them to respond aggressively when provoked.

• Once established, aggressive behavior patterns are difficult to change.

• Children whose aggression successfully intimidates other children may become more aggressive.

Rosa Parks' refusal to sit at the back of the bus is an example of:

• social thinking.

• group polarization.

• conformity.

• a stereotype.

• minority influence.

Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy is called:

• the mere exposure effect.

• hindsight bias.

• aggression.

• just-world phenomenon.

• the other-race effect.

When we become aware that our attitudes and actions don't coincide, we experience tension, or:

• role playing.

• the fundamental attribution error.

• social pressure.

• social influence.

• cognitive dissonance.

Which of the following LEAST describes prejudice?

• An unjustifiable attitude toward a group.

• Schemas that influence how we notice and interpret events.

• Preconceived ideas that bias our impressions of others' behavior.

• A physical behavior intended to hurt or destroy.

• Automatic and unconscious.