U9 Social Psych #2

Group polarization refers to

• lack of critical thinking that comes from a desire 4 harmony
• when people exert more effort when working in a group.
• enhancement of a group's attitudes through group discussion.
• the failure to give aid in an emergency situation

The tendency for people to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward a common goal is

• social loafing.
• group polarization.
• deindividuation.
• the bystander effect.

Bonnie pedals an exercise bike much faster when other patrons happen to be working out nearby.

• This is social facilitation
• This is the foot-in-the-door phenomenon
• This is the mere exposure effect
• This is the bystander effect

When a group of people who were prejudiced discussed race, their views became more prejudiced

• This is the foot-in-the-door phenomenon
• This is group polarization
• This is the mere exposure effect
• This is the bystander effect

Judging other cultures based solely on the values of one’s own culture

• risky shift

• door in the face

• Scapegoating

• Ethnocentrism

While traveling to Peru you feel a little strange because everyone around you is speaking Spanish and you only speak English.  

• You feel like part of your in group
• You realize you are in your outgroup
• This exemplifies the social awareness theory
• You are experiencing linguistic determinism

In the film Hidden Figures African American women had to work in a separate room at NASA from the white & male employees

• This is a good example of outgroup homogeneity
• This is a good example of prejudice
• This is a good example of discrimination
• This is a good example of public conformity

The tendency to believe that people get what they deserve (like New Orleans was hit by Katrina because it is an evil city).

• Bystander effect

• Proximity

• Discrimination

• Just World Thinking

Most children believe their school classmates are better than the children in other schools. This best illustrates

• the just-world phenomenon.
• ingroup bias.
• the fundamental attribution error.
• scapegoating.

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.