Unit XIV Social Psychology AP Baxer

When she stands in front of her classmates, Miriam cannot recite a poem she had memorized. Miriam is

• engaging in groupthink.
• displaying social inhibition.
• violating a norm.
• performing a task function.

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

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

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.

Lowered serotonin levels in a person’s brain could lead to

• violent outbursts.
• groupthink.
• meek conformity.
• social facilitation.

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.

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.

The "fundamental attribution error" phenomenon can best be seen in which of the following examples

• John blames his failure to get a job on his lack of appropriate skills and ill preparedness

• Phyllis doesn't get the lead in the school play and blames her drama teacher for this failure.

• Jane blames herself for forgetting that she has a term paper due in two days

• Bill doesn't hire John bc he believes that John's lateness is a result of John's laziness & lack of respect for the job. In reality, John was late bc he got a flat tire on the way to the interview

• Karen understands that her friend is late because she was caught in rush hour traffic.

An old woman carrying a number of packages has tripped and fallen on a busy urban sidewalk and is having trouble getting back up. The fact that few people are likely to stop and offer her help is referred to by social psychologists as an example of

• altruistic orientation

• illusory correlation

• bystander effect

• just world phenomenon

According to Attribution Theory, which of the following is an example of the self serving bias?

• A man does not have health insurance, but is not worried bc he is young and healthy.

• A woman knows a man who does not have insurance. The man gets into a car accident, & medical expenses cause him to lose his home. She wonders why he didn't have insurance.

• A toddler builds a tall tower with blocks and says "Me good!" when she completes the tower. However, she bumps it and it falls down. She frowns and says "Bad blocks!"

• A hurricane devastates an area of Mississippi & many residents seek grief counseling.