sociocultural psychology

Interaction between a father and his son is different from that with his teacher.

• Social norm

• Social role

Social comparison plays a vital role in terms of one's self image and well being.

• True

• False

Hamod and his friends were doing their homework together. Hamood knew clearly the answer to question 3 which was C but all his friends picked B. He decided to change his answer to C. What is this called?

• Conformity

• Deindividuation

• Ethnocentrism

• Bystander effect

Does praticing groupthink always result in good decisions?

• Yes

• No

_ _ _ refers to the idea that large groups of people are collectively smarter than individual experts

Lev Vygotsky believed that parents, culture and peers were _.

• responsible for developing the child’s higher-order functions.

• responsible for developing the child’s lower-order functions.

• NOT responsible for developing the child’s higher-order functions.

• NOT responsible for developing the child’s lower-order functions

Who conducted the Milgram study?

• Maria Milgram

• Mary Milgram

• Stanly Milgram

• Stanley Milgram

What was the goal of the Milgram study?

• To demonstrate the power of social roles, norms and scripts

• To test if fear can be a catalyst to learning

• To test the extent of humans' willingness to obey orders from an authority

• To test if and how individuals yielded to or defied the majority group

In the Stanford Prison Study, when given a role of "guard" or "prisoner" the volunteers were NOT enthusiastic about playing the role.

• True

• False

In the Stanford Prison Study, what could explain why the prisoner submitted to the guards?

• Deindividuation

• They saw them as an authority and wanted to obey them

• They were instructed to submit to the guards

• Learned helplessness